Illinois Wesleyan sophomore Amelia Glueck won the national championship in the long jump and IWU senior Max Leonard won the national championship in the discus at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Zimmerman Field on the campus of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, on Thursday, May 26.… MORE
The Illinois Wesleyan softball team lost a 2-0 decision to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the first round of the NCAA Division III Softball Championships in Salem, Va., on Thursday.
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Boomer Synek hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the Evansville Purple Aces to a 4-3 win and eliminating Illinois State from the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Thursday at Bob Warn Field.… MORE
The last time Illinois Wesleyan’s softball team appeared in the NCAA Division III World Series, Coach Kat McCreery was the starting catcher in her junior year.… MORE
The Illinois State baseball team landed two players on the All-Missouri Valley Conference Team, as both Steve Heilenbach and Owen Miller were recognized when the league announced its all-conference team Tuesday.… MORE
The Normal CornBelters are forfeiting what was a 12-1 win earlier this season against Joliet. … MORE
Illinois State continued its streak by finishing in the top three of the Missouri Valley Conference All-Sports standings, as the Redbirds placed third behind Wichita State and Southern Illinois in the final ranking announced Monday by the league office.… MORE
The Normal CornBelters surrendered two three-run homers and lost 9-3 to the Southern Illinois Miners on Sunday at the Corn Crib.… MORE
by Greg Halbleib NORMAL, Ill. – The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, gave up a six-run lead in the sixth inning and lost 10-8 to the Southern Illinois Miners on Saturday night at the Corn Crib. The Miners broke the ice with consecutive two-out doubles by Steve Marino and Brian Portelli in the…… MORE
by Tim Van Duyne SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Illinois State baseball team registered 13 hits but only two runs against Missouri State in a 5-2 loss Saturday afternoon at Hammons Field. The loss pushed the Redbirds behind the Bears in the Missouri Valley Conference standings. Missouri State took control of the game early with a…… 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…