According to the IHSA’s top official, high school sports will return to their normal format starting in the fall of next year – meaning state tournaments are back on the table.… MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
Week 6: Normal Community squares off against Normal West for third place in Big 12 Conference
For the second time this year, two intercity teams will face each other; however, this time, it’s for third place in the Big 12 Conference.… MORE
Week 5: U-High looking for their second win in a matchup against Champaign Centennial
University High is looking for their second win of the season as Week five of High School Football kicks off on Friday around Central Illinois.… MORE
Week Four: Central Catholic hosts Pontiac after long-week of rest
Week four of high school football kicks off Friday across Central Illinois.… MORE
HS FB Week three: Normal Comm. returns to action with eight players in quarantine
Normal Community’s High School football game against Quincy Notre Dame last week was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols.… MORE
Week 2: High School football returns to WJBC
Week two of high school football kicks off tonight across Central Illinois.… MORE
Spack: Decision to opt out was not based on record
Illinois State football head coach Brock Spack says the decision to opt out of the rest of the spring season was not based on the team’s 1-3 start.… MORE
ISU Opts Out of Last Four Games
A day after Illinois State picked up its first win of the season, the team announces it’s opting out of the rest of the spring season.… MORE
IHSA: Spectator attendance adjusted for outdoor sports
State health officials have updated the guidance for how many fans can be in the stands at outdoor sporting events.… MORE
COVID-19 testing for Unit 5 student-athletes
Student-athletes in McLean County’s largest school district are required to get a one-time COVID-19 test before the start of the season.… 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…