Former Illinois State all-conference defensive back Mike Banks will join the Redbird football coaching staff as an assistant coach.… MORE
Former Illinois State all-conference defensive back Mike Banks will join the Redbird football coaching staff as an assistant coach.… MORE
Behind 23 points from both Phil Fayne and Milik Yarbrough, the Illinois State Redbirds jumped ahead early, and later rallied against a strong Missouri State squad on Sunday afternoon by a 72-68 final score.… MORE
Illinois State Women’s Basketball fell to Loyola in a thrilling fourth quarter contest 62-59.… MORE
Illinois State Women’s Basketball dropped to the Valparaiso Crusaders 56-50 in last minute push.… MORE
Milik Yarbrough let out an audible exhale when asked how the first practice went after the Redbirds’ 25-point loss.… MORE
Former Illinois State University baseball star Paul DeJong is the headliner for this year’s Cardinals Caravan stop in Bloomington-Normal.… MORE
Illinois State football has its new defensive coordinator.… MORE
Drake made 15-of-30 shots from long range, including 8-of-16 in the second half, as the host Bulldogs ran away from the Illinois State Redbirds on Wednesday evening.… MORE
Illinois State football head coach Brock Spack has brought back another familiar face to join his staff, as former ISU assistant coach Harold Etheridge has been hired as the program’s offensive line coach.… MORE
Illinois State Hall of Famer Kristi Cirone was selected Tuesday to the women’s basketball MVC 25-Year Team.… 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…