The Illinois State women’s basketball team saw its season come to an end Friday in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, as the Redbirds (8-23) fell to No. 20/19 Drake, 64-40, inside the iWireless Center. The No. 1 seed Bulldogs (26-4) increased their win streak to 20 games and advanced to Saturday’s semifinals against either No. 4 seed Southern Illinois or No. 5 seed Wichita State.… MORE
Sophomore Katrina Beck scored 15 of her game-high 17 points in the second half to lead the Illinois State women’s basketball team to a 51-44 victory over No. 8 seed Indiana State Thursday in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament inside the iWireless Center.… MORE
Illinois State football player Tyree Horton has been arrested on two counts of theft.… MORE
Illinois State will be the visiting team when it takes the floor against Indiana State in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at iWireless Center in Moline on Thursday, but the Redbirds are hoping the neutral floor will help them overcome the road doldrums which have contributed to a 1-13 mark away from Redbird Arena this season.… MORE
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An early 10-2 run from Wichita State against Illinois State in Sunday’s Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship game set the tone. … MORE
Fighting until the last out, Illinois State dropped a 7-3 decision to No. 10 Minnesota on Saturday afternoon to wrap up the LSU Tiger Invite.… MORE
Illinois State secured its spot in the Missouri Valley Conference championship game Sunday with a 63-50 win over the Southern Illinois Salukis at the Scottrade Center.… MORE
The Illinois State women’s basketball team dropped a 70-59 decision at Bradley in the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season finale Saturday inside Renaissance Coliseum. With the loss, the Redbirds fall to 7-22 (4-14 MVC) on the season, while the Braves improve to 11-18 (7-11 MVC) overall.… MORE
Led by a pair of freshmen, Illinois State closed out the second day of the LSU Tiger Invitational with a 2-1 win over Florida Atlantic, after beginning the day with a 5-1 setback to Troy at Tiger Park.… 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…