Illinois State will play its first matchup against new Missouri Valley Conference rival Valparaiso Saturday.… MORE

Illinois State will play its first matchup against new Missouri Valley Conference rival Valparaiso Saturday.… MORE
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Gearing up for the 2018 Frontier League season, the Normal CornBelters have hired their third manager.… MORE
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Milik Yarbrough had a 20-point, 13-rebound double-double, and Keyshawn Evans scored a game-high 25 points, but the Illinois State Redbirds could not overcome a 25-0 first-half UNI run in an 83-72 loss to the Panthers.… MORE
Zach Knobloch connected on three consecutive three-point baskets during an 18-0 Illinois Wesleyan run early in the second half to lead the No. 18 Titans to a 93-76 win over Elmhurst in a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin game at R.A. Faganel Hall.
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The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin is expanding its post-season tournaments in four sports.… MORE
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Unit 5 administrators and the school board would closely monitor student activity funds in response to stipends paid to assistant football coaches at Normal West High School.… MORE
Illinois State’s Redbird Arena is approaching its 30th birthday and some of those 10,2000 seats are starting to show their age.… MORE
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…