WJBC’s Tim Lewis and Dick Luedke will be talking to Illinois State coaches Dan Muller, Brock Spack and many more at Buffalo Wind Wings in Bloomington today.… MORE
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WJBC’s Tim Lewis and Dick Luedke will be talking to Illinois State coaches Dan Muller, Brock Spack and many more at Buffalo Wind Wings in Bloomington today.… MORE
Illinois State athletics director Larry Lyons said senior running back Marshaun Coprich is paying a price for a drug arrest last month.… MORE
Illinois State head women’s basketball coach Barb Smith announced Tuesday Octavia Crump has rejoined the Redbird program effective immediately.… MORE
By ISU Sports Information NORMAL – Looking to add some more depth to his secondary, Illinois State football head coach Brock Spack announced the addition of Texas Tech transfer defensive back La’Darius Newbold Tuesday to the team’s roster. Newbold signed a financial aid agreement with the Redbirds and will be begin classes this summer. The…… MORE
Jacob Hendren has been named a Louisville Slugger All-American, Collegiate Baseball announced Thursday.… MORE
Illinois State University runningback Marshaun Coprich is no longer suspended from the football team after pleading guilty to a drug charge relating to his arrest earlier this month.… MORE
The Illinois State baseball team’s season came to an end as Southern Illinois scored a 7-1 win over the Redbirds in a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament elimination game Thursday at Eck Stadium.… MORE
The Normal CornBelters play the Gateway Grizzlies tonight at the Corn Crib. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC) By WJBC Staff Jamie Garcia is scheduled to pitch for the first time in the Major Leagues since a shoulder injury sidelined him early last season as the St. Louis Cardinals finish their four-game series against the Mets. Jacob…… MORE
Jacob Hendren has been named the Missouri Valley Conference’s Newcomer of the Year, while he and three other Redbirds earned All-MVC honors, the league announced Tuesday.… MORE
By Bryan Bloodworth NORMAL – Illinois State’s men’s basketball team will get a jump-start to the upcoming season with a trip to Spain. Coach Dan Muller announced the 10-day trip today that will have the Redbirds playing four games against opponents and dates to be determined. The team will arrive in Madrid on Aug.…… 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…