With three starters fouled out late in the second half, Illinois State out-scored Ole Miss 14-to-10 in the overtime period, holding on for a 101-97 victory.… MORE
With three starters fouled out late in the second half, Illinois State out-scored Ole Miss 14-to-10 in the overtime period, holding on for a 101-97 victory.… MORE
Illinois State football’s defensive coordinator Spence Nowinsky has taken a job with Miami of Ohio, an FBS program.… MORE
Illinois State’s Katrina Beck was named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week in women’s basketball on Monday.… MORE
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Katrina Beck netted her 500th career point as the Illinois State women’s basketball team defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles 65-56 on Sunday on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Despite a career-high 30 points from Milik Yarbrough, the Illinois State squad were unable to fully recover from a nine-point halftime deficit, battling back to one possession, however, eventually falling 78-72 to the 6-1 Racers.
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The Illinois State women’s basketball team dropped in a back-and-forth affair to the Milwaukee Panthers 61-59.… MORE
A furious second half in which Illinois State scored 51 points was not enough, as the Redbirds fell to the Cougars by an 80-68 final score.… MORE
The Illinois State Women’s Basketball team dropped to Butler 56-45 on Sunday at Redbird Arena.… MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball led for nearly the entire contest and defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane for the second time in 13 days, 65-58 on Saturday afternoon.… 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…