Plans are in the works for the McLean County Health Department to expand contact tracing for COVID-19, specifically for Illinois State University.… MORE
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Plans are in the works for the McLean County Health Department to expand contact tracing for COVID-19, specifically for Illinois State University.… MORE
While answers are still slim on Illinois State football, ISU’s Athletic Director says discussions are still underway on how and when the season will take place.… MORE
With Illinois State University announcing plans for a hybrid of face-to-face instruction and online classes for the 2020-21 school year, ISU President Larry Dietz said the University has created space for if a student gets COVID-19.… MORE
Classes this fall at Illinois State University will be presented in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats.… MORE
The fist case of COVID-19 has been reported on the campus of Illinois State University.… MORE
The NCAA put all spring sports on hold this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but what will the fall look like?… MORE
Illinois State University is offering pomp and circumstance under the most unusual of circumstances, a worldwide pandemic.… MORE
Due to COVID-19, Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan are canceling commencement ceremonies.… MORE
From on-air to online, one Illinois State University professor’s class will be a lot different in the coming weeks. … MORE
Due to COVID-19, Illinois State University will move away from face-to-face instruction and to online classes for the remainder of the Spring semester.… 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…