Chad Dollar, a 19-year Division I men’s basketball coaching veteran who most recently spent five seasons on the staff at Georgia Tech, has been hired as an assistant coach at Illinois State, head coach Dan Muller announced Thursday.… MORE
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Bradley’s big hits down Redbirds
Bradley used two extra base hits to drive in five runs and defeated the Illinois State softball team, 5-3, Thursday at Laura Bradley Park in Peoria. … MORE
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Redbird basketball signs 6-9 forward Fayne
Phil Fayne, a 6-foot-9, 200-pound forward from Western Nebraska Community College has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Illinois State men’s basketball team, Redbird head coach Dan Muller announced Wednesday.… MORE
Chiefs lose to the Lumberkings
The Peoria Chiefs went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and lost to the Clinton LumberKings 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon in the rain. … MORE
Corn Belt-Okaw Valley merger to be called Illini Prairie
The merger of the Corn Belt and Okaw Valley will be known as the Illini Prairie Conference.… MORE
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Chiefs blow 4-run lead in 9th, fall in 10 to Clinton
The Peoria Chiefs lead 7-3 with two outs in the top of the ninth inning but allowed seven unanswered runs and lost 10-7 in 10 innings Tuesday night to the Clinton LumberKings. With the loss the Chiefs are 6-6 on the season and will face the LumberKings in the third game of the series Wednesday with first pitch at 11 am.… MORE
Redbird baseball powers past SIUE
The Illinois State baseball team hit three home runs on its way to a 9-3 non-conference victory over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Tuesday night at the Simmons Complex.… MORE
Lefty’s Corner: Arrington talks about concussion education
Former Bloomington High School and Eastern Illinois University football player Adrian Arrington suffered at least five concussions during his playing career at Eastern Illinois.… 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…