Illinois State junior Milik Yarbrough has swept the Missouri Valley Conference Player and Newcomer of the Week Awards for the second time this season.… MORE
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Illinois State junior Milik Yarbrough has swept the Missouri Valley Conference Player and Newcomer of the Week Awards for the second time this season.… MORE
A 29-point, 10-rebound double-double from Milik Yarbrough, and a 17-point, 11-rebound double-double from Phil Fayne helped the Illinois State Redbirds overcome the loss of leading scorer Keyshawn Evans in an 84-81 overtime win over Indiana State in the 2017 finale for both squads.… MORE
Illinois State Women’s Basketball dropped to the Bradley Braves 62-42 in the MVC home opener.… MORE
Milik Yarbrough scored 28 points, Phil Fayne 17, and Keyshawn Evans 16 – including the last seven of the game – as the trio led Illinois State to a 72-66 win over the Evansville Aces on Dec. 23.… MORE
Illinois State Women’s Basketball became the 2017 Beach Classic Champions as they took down Northeastern 65-55.… MORE
Illinois State head men’s basketball coach Dan Muller has announced that Jerron Martin has stepped away from the basketball team.… MORE
Illinois State Women’s Basketball team fought to the finish to defeat Long Beach State 59-51.… MORE
Illinois State football coach Brock Spack has announced the signing of 20 recruits to start the new early signing period.… MORE
Behind a 20-point, seven-rebound, five-assist effort from Milik Yarbrough, the Illinois State Redbirds (6-6) were able to hold off a feisty UIC squad on Tuesday evening by a 71-70 final score.… MORE
Illinois State Women’s Basketball team dropped to the Cleveland State Vikings in a back-and-forth affair on Sunday 56-47.… 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…