Illinois State senior Ashley Rosch and recent Illinois Wesleyan University graduate Jill Harmon have been nominated for the NCAA’s Woman of the Year Award.… MORE
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Illinois State senior Ashley Rosch and recent Illinois Wesleyan University graduate Jill Harmon have been nominated for the NCAA’s Woman of the Year Award.… MORE
Illinois State head football coach Brock Spack made a decision on his vacant offensive coordinator position Tuesday, and announced the assistant coaches Billy Dicken and Dan Clark will share the duties for the upcoming season.… MORE
Former Redbird Brock Stewart likely won’t be participating in the Texas League All-Star Game June 28, but he is probably just fine with that.… MORE
After serving as video coordinator for the Illinois State men’s basketball program during the 2015-16 season, Spencer Johnson has been promoted to director of basketball operations, head coach Dan Muller announced Wednesday.… MORE
The Illinois State football team has been projected by Athlon Sports to be an at-large bid for the 2016 FCS Playoffs.… MORE
The Illinois State football program knows when it will face in-state foe Northwestern, as the Big Ten Conference announced Monday a kickoff time of 2:30 p.m. CT for the Redbirds’ Sept. 10 contest at Ryan Field against the Wildcats.… MORE
Illinois State football has been ranked No. 11 in the Athlon Sports Preseason FCS Top 25.… MORE
Illinois State senior Ryan Rutherford placed 22nd in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships. … MORE
Illinois State head volleyball coach Melissa Myers announced her team’s 2016 schedule Wednesday.… MORE
Illinois State freshman shortstop Owen Miller has been named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, the newspaper Collegiate Baseball announced Tuesday.… 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…