The Illinois State baseball team built an early 11-run lead but it wasn’t enough as Memphis rallied back to force extra innings and won it in the 11th inning when Colton Neel drew a bases-loaded walk to lift the hosts to a 12-11 victory at FedEx Park.… MORE
For the third time in four seasons, the Illinois State football program will step up a level to play a Football Bowl Subdivision opponent, when the Redbirds travel to Fort Collins, Colorado, to take on the Colorado State Rams on Sept. 22, 2018. … MORE
Illinois State football head coach Brock Spack added a pair of transfers from the Southeast Conference (SEC) to his roster for 2017, as he announced the additions of former Vanderbilt safety Jalen Banks and former Missouri running back Ryan Williams to the Redbird football program Thursday.… MORE
The Illinois State men’s basketball team held off Southern Illinois, 50-46, Wednesday to seal an undefeated, 15-0, regular-season home record.… MORE
Illinois Wesleyan junior guard Brady Rose was named to the first team and senior center Trevor Seibring earned second team honors Wednesday as the 2017 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin all-conference men’s basketball squads.… MORE
The Illinois Wesleyan Titans decided that if they can’t have it, their rivals can’t either.… MORE
The Normal CornBelters have announced former Cubs ace pitcher Mark Prior will participate in the 2nd Annual McLean County Orthopedics’ Legends Game weekend.… MORE
For a program-best fifth time this season, and for the second-straight week, an Illinois State men’s basketball player is the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week, as senior forward Deontae Hawkins earned league recognition, the conference office announced Monday.… 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…