Illinois State head men’s basketball coach Dan Muiller has announced the signing of D.J. Clayton, a 6-foot-6, 185-pound transfer guard from Palm Beach State College, who began his collegiate career at Western Kentucky.… MORE
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Illinois State head men’s basketball coach Dan Muiller has announced the signing of D.J. Clayton, a 6-foot-6, 185-pound transfer guard from Palm Beach State College, who began his collegiate career at Western Kentucky.… MORE
Former Illinois State basketball player Reggie Lynch, now at the University of Minnesota, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.… MORE
Owen Miller had to avoid not one, but two tag attempts at the plate to score the game-winning run in Illinois State’s 4-3 walk-off win over visiting Bradley Sunday at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
The Illinois State Redbirds men’s basketball program has filled its final scholarship for the 2016-17 season with the addition of 6-foot-6, 185 pound guard D.J. Clayton from Palm Beach State.… MORE
Shannon Felde drove in the tying run in the top of the sixth inning, but UNI answered in the bottom half of the frame to defeat the Illinois State softball team, 2-1, in the regular season finale Sunday in Cedar Falls, Iowa.… MORE
Bradley broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the top of the eighth inning to send the Illinois State baseball team to its second loss in as many days Saturday at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
The Illinois State softball team clinched a spot in next week’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament in Carbondale, Illinois, as the Redbirds split with Northern Iowa in conference action Saturday at Robinson Dresser Field. … MORE
The Illinois State baseball team grabbed an early lead but Bradley put crooked numbers on the scoreboard in the fifth, seventh and eighth innings Friday in the opening game of a three-game series at Duffy Bass Field.… MORE
Saint Louis transfer Milik Yarbrough will continue his education and basketball career at Illinois State.… MORE
The Illinois State women’s basketball program has named Katie Ehlen its new Director of Basketball Operations, it was announced Wednesday by head coach Barb Smith.… 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…