Illinois State softball’s run in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament came to a close Friday with a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Missouri State in Wichita, Kansas.… MORE
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Illinois State softball’s run in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament came to a close Friday with a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Missouri State in Wichita, Kansas.… MORE
Four 2015 NCAA Tournament teams and at least two National Invitation Tournament qualifiers highlight the Illinois State men’s basketball program’s 2015-16 non-conference schedule.… MORE
The St. Louis Cardinals open a six-game road trip in Pittsburgh tonight against the slumping Pirates.… MORE
The seventh-seeded Illinois State softball team is moving on to the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament semifinals after defeating third-seeded Northern Iowa, 8-2, Thursday night in Wichita, Kansas.… MORE
The Illinois State softball team defeated Bradley, 11-7, in a slugfest to win its opening round Missouri Valley Conference Tournament game Thursday in Wichita, Kansas.… MORE
The Illinois State softball team will be facing a familiar foe Thursday when the Redbirds battle Bradley in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in Wichita, Kansas. … MORE
Wednesday evening’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament banquet was a time of celebration for the Illinois State softball team as six players were named to the All-MVC Teams.… MORE
NORMAL – Illinois State men’s basketball coach Dan Muller put the finishing touches on this year’s recruiting class Wednesday with the addition of Bethune-Cookman transfer Quintin Brewer.… MORE
Illinois State head volleyball coach Melissa Myers announced her team’s 2015 schedule, including appearances at four tournaments and a full Missouri Valley Conference slate, on Wednesday.… MORE
Illinois State athletics director Larry Lyons said having so many football players sign free agent contracts has to help coach Brock Spack recruit top talent.… 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…