A considerable number of new Illinois State football players and coaches are finding their chemistry quickly according to their head coach.… MORE
Category Archives: Local Sports
Helmets on as high school football practices begin
With less than three weeks until the first game whistle blows, high school football programs have begun preparing for the upcoming season. … MORE
Heartland tabs Frankos as next head baseball coach
After serving as the Hawks’ Recruiting Coordinator for two years, Heartland Community College announced Jimmy Frankos will be the next Head Coach.… MORE
ISU Women’s basketball announces non-conference schedule
Illinois State women’s basketball released its 2018-19 non-conference schedule, facing 11 out-of-league opponents for Kristen Gillespie’s second year at the helm of the program. … MORE
Fans of Route 66 prepping for 100th birthday
Fans of Route 66 have eight years to prepare for its 100-th birthday.… MORE
Redbird Elijah Clarance to go pro in Europe
Following a stellar performance at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) U20 European Championships, Elijah Clarance has decided to forego his final three years of collegiate eligibility and begin his professional basketball career.… MORE
Birds’ picked fifth in MVFC preseason poll
The Illinois State football team was picked in the top half of the ultra-competitive Missouri Valley Football Conference, as the Redbirds were picked fifth Monday in the annual preseason poll conducted by league coaches, media and sports information directors.… MORE
Walters named Central Catholic football coach
Joe Walters will be an Intercity head football coach this season after all.… MORE
Furlong leaving Heartland baseball to join staff at Xavier
The head baseball coach at Heartland Community College is leaving the Twin Cities to take a role on a Division I staff.… MORE
Six Illinois Wesleyan Men’s basketball players named to Honors Court
With success in the past season on the basketball court, Illinois Wesleyan Men’s basketball has received another honor but this time for work inside the classroom.… 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…