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Redbird Arena stood up and cheered as Hannah Green subbed out for her final time on Doug Collins Court. Green and the Illinois State Women’s Basketball team finished the weekend strong, downing Evansville 70-44.… MORE
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Illinois Wesleyan’s basketball squads earned shares of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships with victories on Saturday at Carthage College.… MORE
Illinois State men’s basketball overcame an 11-point halftime deficit with hot outside shooting for a 79-75 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday evening.… MORE
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Illinois State Women’s Basketball captured a 63-53 victory over the Indiana State Sycamores, improving to the winningest season since 2012-13.… MORE
The man who figures to be Bloomington High School’s new football coach hopes to bring the Purple Raiders football back to its glory days.… MORE
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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.” …
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…
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…
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…