Category Archives: Local Sports

Saturday scoreboard: Redbird women eliminated in MVC semifinals

Saturday scoreboard: Redbird women eliminated in MVC semifinals

Posted on March 16, 2019

Saturday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan Women’s College Basketball– Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at Moline– Drake 65, Illinois State 54 (ISU: TeTe Maggett 21, Lexi Wallen 13; ISU ends season 19-11) Missouri State 89, Northern Iowa 64 College Baseball– Illinois State 7, Central Michigan 2 Illinois State 5, Central Michigan 4…… MORE

Maggett named MVC Newcomer of Year

Maggett named MVC Newcomer of Year

Posted on March 14, 2019

The second-leading scorer on the Illinois State women’s basketball team has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year. … 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…