Normal West High School’s football team became playoff eligible and earned its fourth straight victory, 49-43, over Peoria Notre Dame in a Big 12 Conference game at home.… MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
Redbird volleyball begins Valley 2nd half with sweep at Bradley
The Illinois State volleyball team scored the first 10 points of the match Friday against Bradley and never looked back, as the Redbirds swept the Braves 3-0 at Renaissance Coliseum.… MORE
Early deficit sinks Thunder
Muskegon scored three times in the opening period and added single tallies in the second and third periods on the way to a 5-0 win over the Thunder on Friday night at the Coliseum.… MORE
Redbird soccer tops Kansas State with second-half rally
After a slow start, the Illinois State soccer team (10-5-2, 3-0-1 MVC) swept Kansas State (4-9-3), 2-0, with two late goals in the second half at Adelaide Street Field Thursday night.… MORE
Unbeatens meet in regular season football finale
The regular season in high school football concludes Friday night with high-powered matchups.… MORE
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IWU football hopes to avoid 4th quarter drama in return to Carthage
As dramatic as Illinois Wesleyan football’s come-from-behind win was at Carthage last season, Titan senior running back Austin Harrell said he learned a lesson.… MORE
ISU’s Zickert, Jarsombeck named MVC Players of the Week
Illinois State’s Kelli Zickert and Paige Jarsombeck have been named the Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week, following standout performances last week on the road against Loyola and Drake.… MORE
U-High golfers tout hard work after bringing home title
University High School has taken home its 10th golf state championship in 25 years.… MORE
ISU sets 2017 football schedule
A home-and-home series with Big Sky Conference foe Northern Arizona completes the 2017 football schedule for Illinois State, it was announced Tuesday.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…