The road to Dekalb began and ended for many intercity teams in the First round of the IHSA playoffs on Saturday. A cold and gloomy day proved to be no match as the Central Catholic Saints and the Normal Community Ironmen advance to the Second round.… MORE
Coming off their first ranked win of the season, the 16th-ranked Redbirds (6-2, 4-1 MVFC) picked up right where they left off, topping No. 21 Youngstown State (3-5, 1-4 MVFC) Saturday in commanding 35-0 fashion at Stambaugh Stadium in rainy Youngstown, Ohio.… MORE
Brandon Bauer threw four touchdown passes as Illinois Wesleyan scored 40 unanswered points in a 47-15 win over Elmhurst at Langhorst Field.… MORE
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The high school football playoffs are underway with most area squads squaring off Saturday afternoon. … MORE
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Champion Fields in Normal will again host national championship softball.… MORE
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Illinois Wesleyan football coach Norm Eash said his team is well aware it controls its own destiny for a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championship with two games left.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan was selected to win the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin women’s basketball title this season.… 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…