For the second-consecutive game, Illinois State is facing a team predicted to win its respective conference, as the Redbird men's basketball team hosts IPFW.… MORE
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For the second-consecutive game, Illinois State is facing a team predicted to win its respective conference, as the Redbird men's basketball team hosts IPFW.… MORE
Illinois State falls to Murray State… MORE
Illinois State quarterback Tre Roberson's strong fourth quarter lifted the Redbirds (13-1) to a 21-18 win over top-seeded New Hampshire (12-2) in the semifinals of the 2014 FCS Playoffs.… MORE
The Illinois State women's basketball team lost a close game to Bowling Green Friday night at Redbird Arena, falling 58-54 to the Falcons.… MORE
Illinois State University's football team left for New Hampshire and the NCAA FCS Semifinals Friday morning. Over 100 fans cheered the team on as they left for the airport.… MORE
Illinois State women's soccer coach Drew Roff has been named the new head coach at Purdue.… MORE
The Illinois State women's basketball team is in the middle of a six-game homestand, as it welcomes Bowling Green Friday at 7:05 p.m.… MORE
Illinois State football coach Brock Spack will join WJBC's Dick Luedke and Ted Schmitz at Schooners in Bloomington for the Brock Spack Show.… MORE
Daishon Knight scored all 18 of his points in the second half as Illinois State used a late rally to earn a 64-54 win over visiting UT Martin Wednesday at Redbird Arena.… MORE
NORMAL, Ill. – The Football Championship Subdivision’s leading rusher and his right tackle earned national recognition Wednesday.… 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…