Illinois State’s top two scorers have been named to the Missouri Valley Conference’s first team for women’s basketball.… MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
Monday scoreboard, Tuesday schedule
Monday’s schedule is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Weekend scoreboard: Redbird women clinch 4th seed in MVC tournament
Saturday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Friday scoreboard, Saturday schedule: Redbird men’s hoops season ends
Friday’s schedule is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan Men’s College Basketball– Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at St. Louis– Updates sponsored by: Parkway Auto Laundry Bratcher Heating & Air Synergy Home Care Denny’s Doughnuts and Bakery Loyola 67, Valparaiso 54 Bradley 61, Missouri State 58 Drake 78, Illinois State 62 Northern Iowa 61, Southern…… MORE
Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule: Redbird men advance at Arch Madness
Thursday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Wednesday scoreboard, Thursday schedule
Wednesday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Tuesday scoreboard, Wednesday schedule
Tuesday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Fayne, Yarbrough earn MVC honors
Illinois State has placed two players on the Missouri Valley Conference post-season men’s basketball squads.… MORE
Cupples resigns as Normal West boys basketball coach
Brian Cupples is stepping down as head boys basketball coach at Normal West High School after 17 seasons.… MORE
Tuesday schedule
Tuesday’s schedule is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… 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…