Category Archives: Local Sports

Thursday scoreboard

Thursday scoreboard

Posted on December 27, 2018

Thursday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan. … MORE

Wednesday tournament scoreboard

Wednesday tournament scoreboard

Posted on December 26, 2018

Scoreboard sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan: Wednesday’s high school basketball scores: State Farm Holiday Classic (complete tournament scores and schedule here): Small School Boys– Central Catholic 67, Tri-Valley 53 Providence St. Mel 80, Olympia 25 El Paso-Gridley 64, Winnebago 55 Fieldcrest 59, Kankakee Bishop McNamara 47 Large School Boys– U-High 54, Zion-Benton 52…… 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…