For the second time in three years, senior Amelia Glueck is the long jump champion in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field championships and senior Karly Goodman used a school-record throw to finish second in the nation in the javelin.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan’s softball team will be spending much – and hopefully for them, all – of Memorial Day weekend in Oklahoma City for the NCA Division III College World Series.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan didn’t panic after dropping the first game of the NCAA Division III Super Regional on Friday.
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Illinois Wesleyan’s softball team plays for a berth in the College World Series this weekend as the Titans host Wisconsin-Whitewater in the SuperRegional best of three starting Friday.… MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball coach Dan Muller brought in so many new players next season he ran out or scholarships.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan is hosting a national tournament on Sunday in a sport that hardly existed in Central Illinois just a few years ago.… MORE
Normal’s minor league baseball team is making lots of changes heading into its ninth season in hopes of bringing more fans back to the Corn Crib.… MORE
Several Central Catholic High School student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent on Thursday to continue their athletic careers in college.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan football coach Norm Eash is announcing one of the biggest recruiting classes in his 32 years at the helm.… MORE
Illinois State head men’s basketball coach Dan Muller has announced the signing of transfer Keith Fisher III.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…