Bloomington’s new police chief is asking for the public’s help to solve a double murder that happened early Sunday morning on the city’s east side.… MORE
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Bloomington’s new police chief is asking for the public’s help to solve a double murder that happened early Sunday morning on the city’s east side.… MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball will face Georgia in the opening round of the Cayman Islands Classic in November. … MORE
Redbird coach Leah Johnson released the 2018 volleyball schedule on Wednesday. … MORE
Illinois State University basketball player Milik Yarbrough has pleaded guilty to a petty charge of failing to appear in McLean County Court for a traffic offense, but Yarbrough still has to answer to a misdemeanor charge in an unrelated case.… MORE
Illinois State University announced on Monday it has fired baseball coach Bo Durkac after four seasons as head coach.… MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball coach Dan Muller brought in so many new players next season he ran out or scholarships.… MORE
ISU basketball player Milik Yarbrough faces a misdemeanor criminal charge for what Normal Police said was a domestic dispute last month in which a woman was also charged.… MORE
Illinois State head men’s basketball coach Dan Muller has announced the signing of transfer Keith Fisher III.… MORE
Junior guard Madison Williams is ending his basketball career with Illinois State due to chronic issues with his kneecap.… MORE
Illinois State will host 2018 NCAA Tournament participant San Diego State in the 2018 Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge.… 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…