Monday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan Monday: High School Softball– Central Catholic 6, Prairie Central 3 (9 inn.) Lexington 7, LeRoy 2 Pontiac 6, Tolono Unity 1 Eureka 4, Tri-Valley 3 Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland 13, Lowpoint-Washburn 0 Dwight 20, Gardner-South Wilmington 5 Tremont 5, Deer Creek-Mackinaw 3 High School Baseball– Central Catholic 10,…… MORE
By Greg Halbleib An Illinois Wesleyan basketball player who went on to become a seven-time National Basketball Association All-Star has been selected for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Jack Sikma graduated from IWU in 1977 after leading the Titans to three straight College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships and berths…… MORE
Bloomington High School boys basketball coach Micheal Mosley has resigned after eight seasons leading the Raiders, including a third place finish in the Class 3A state tournament only two years ago.… MORE
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Wednesday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Tuesday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
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Wednesday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… MORE
Tuesday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan.… 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…