Normal Community’s High School football game against Quincy Notre Dame last week was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols.… MORE
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Week 2: High School football returns to WJBC
Week two of high school football kicks off tonight across Central Illinois.… MORE
Spack: Decision to opt out was not based on record
Illinois State football head coach Brock Spack says the decision to opt out of the rest of the spring season was not based on the team’s 1-3 start.… MORE
IHSA: Spectator attendance adjusted for outdoor sports
State health officials have updated the guidance for how many fans can be in the stands at outdoor sporting events.… MORE
ISU AD: “We’re hoping to have fans in the stands” for the upcoming football season
With Region 2, which includes McLean County, moving into Phase 4 of Gov. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mitigations, Illinois State University’s new athletic director says there is a chance to have fans in the stands for the upcoming football season.… MORE
IHSA releases 2021 schedule
The Illinois High School Association on Wednesday released the sports schedule for the remainder of the school year.… MORE
IHSA Exec. Director: “We now have to consider modified season lengths” as board meeting approaches
Illinois High School Association Executive Director Craig Anderson said a timetable for the return of high school sports is still up in the air as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put a stronghold on athletics.… MORE
ISU tabs Kyle Brennan as school’s next Athletics Director
Illinois State University will have a new athletic director next school year.… MORE
District 87 set to honor late BHS swim coach
District 87 administrators believe they’ve come up with a way to forever remember a beloved Bloomington High School coach who died earlier this fall.… MORE
ISU women’s basketball cancels first three games due to COVID-19
The first three games of the regular season for the Illinois State women’s basketball team have been canceled due to limited roster numbers in conjunction with COVID-19 testing protocols, according to a release Friday.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
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.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
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…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
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…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
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…