By Blake Haas CHICAGO – Brady Roses hot-hand helped Illinois Wesleyan (12-3, 5-1) propel past North Park (4-10, 1-5) 76-75 in a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin game at North Park Gymnasium. IWU established an early 29-20 lead over the Vikings of North Park, after a made field-goal from Rose with 7:02 left in…… MORE
Southern Illinois used a 20-2 run to turn a 14-point second-half Illinois State lead into a four-point Saluki advantage, and the hosts never trailed after taking the lead in the four-point, 74-70 SIU win.
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Illinois State Women’s Basketball fell to the Missouri State Bears 56-50 in a close fourth quarter comeback. … MORE
The Normal CornBelters and the Town of Normal have announced details for the third annual Legends Game at The Corn Crib in Normal.… MORE
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Parents say they’ve been kept in the dark about last month’s sudden resignation of Normal West High School football coach Darren Hess, and they’re demanding the Unit 5 School Board restore stability to the program.… MORE
Illinois State was able to erase a 12-point first-half deficit by ending the first half on a 7-0 run and later another 7-0 run to take a one-point lead with just under eight minutes left in the game, but the strong Loyola squad was able to regroup and pull ahead for good in a 68-61 Rambler victory on Wednesday evening.… 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…