Illinois State men’s basketball coach Dan Muller has signed two players, Rey Idowu and Demontay Dixon, to National Letters of Intent for the 2018-19 season.… MORE

Illinois State men’s basketball coach Dan Muller has signed two players, Rey Idowu and Demontay Dixon, to National Letters of Intent for the 2018-19 season.… MORE
University High senior setter Alexis Engst has been waiting four years for this moment.
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Dozens of student-athletes in McLean County are declaring their college intentions in the coming days as the National Signing period is underway.… MORE
Brinton Wilkey Jr. remembers his first senior day at Illinois Wesleyan.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan senior guard Molly McGraw has been chosen as an honorable mention preseason All-American on the teams selected by D3hoops.com.… MORE
llinois State libero Courtney Pence has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week for a record 10th time in her career, breaking the previous record of nine set by Northern Iowa’s Ellie Blankenship.… MORE
WJBC Radio, in conjunction with Meatheads of Bloomington-Normal and Roberts Trophies, is proud to present the WJBC Athletes of the Week.… MORE
The Illinois Wesleyan volleyball team was chosen as an at-large entry for the 2017 NCAA Division III championships and will host an eight-team regional at the Shirk Center from Thursday through Saturday.… MORE
Illinois State opened the defense of its Missouri Valley Conference regular season crown with a 79-52 exhibition win over Lewis on Sunday afternoon.… MORE
Normal Community came within one point of extending a perfect season.… 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…