Week 7 of the high school football season presents a match-up of 4-2 teams driving toward possible playoff berths. … MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
CornBelters leaving Frontier League, switching to summer collegiate circuit
The Normal CornBelters are moving from the professional baseball ranks to summer collegiate league play. … MORE
Redbirds carry high expectations into men’s hoops season
Stepped-up offense and a solid mix of veterans and newcomers highlights the upcoming season of Illinois State men’s basketball.… MORE
Redbirds drop first Missouri Valley battle to Missouri State
The Illinois State football team suffered its first loss of the 2018 season Saturday, as the Redbirds (3-1, 0-1 MVFC) dropped a tough road contest to the Missouri State Bears (3-1, 1-0 MVFC) at Plaster Stadium in the Missouri Valley Football Conference opener for both squads. … MORE
Week 6 high school football: Ironmen alone on top of Big Twelve
Normal Community took over in the second half on the way to a convincing win over rival Bloomington on Friday night at Bloomington’s Fred Carlton Field.… MORE
Long Intercity rivalry highlights Week 6 high school football
The top spot in the Big Twelve Conference is on the line as two long-time rivals meet in Week 6 of high school football on Friday night. … MORE
Week 5 high school football: Wildcats capture another thriller, Pioneers record 1st win
The Normal West Wildcats enjoyed a Homecoming fireworks show on Friday night. Then some pyrotechnics lit up the sky. … MORE
Lions, Wildcats featured in Week 5 high school football
A pair of 3-1 teams near the top of the Big Twelve Conference hook up in the featured game of the WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza.… MORE
Excitement builds in Valley hoops after Loyola’s Final Four run
Missouri Valley Conference basketball coaches will battle on the floor in a little more than a month.… MORE
IWU Coach Norm Eash secures most CCIW wins after Titans roll over No. 12 Wheaton
Illinois Wesleyan head coach Norm Eash became the coach with the most wins in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin as his Titans topped No. 12 Wheaton, 24-14, at Tucci Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 15.… 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…