NORMAL – The Illinois State Redbirds (11-8; 4-2) will travel to Peoria to take on their I-74 rival Bradley University (9-10; 1-5) on Wednesday. The Redbirds will come into the matchup winners in their last two games, including their first road win against Evansville last Saturday. The Redbirds will try for their second consecutive road win on Wednesday, after splitting the season series and losing in Peoria last season. Before […]
Illinois State University workers repair water main break on campus Wednesday afternoon (Photo by John Murray/WZND). NORMAL - Due to a water main break on the Quad, Illinois State University Plumbing Shop, along with contractors, will have an emergency water outage at Old Union and Williams Hall beginning shortly after 1:00 p.m. Wednesday until further notice. During this time, all restrooms, drinking fountains, sinks and BSW areas will be unavailable. […]
Michael Jackson. Beyonce. Freddie Mercury. Can you recognize these musical icons and name the groups they were apart of? Happy New Year and welcome back for another episode of Trivia with Trish! This week’s edition is all about music history!
Illinois State Women's Basketball suffers big loss to Missouri State at home. (Photo Courtesy Anthony Ferretti/WZND) NORMAL - The Illinois State Women's Basketball team (10-7 , 3-3 MVC) was defeated 59-47 by the Missouri State Bears (9-7, 5-0 MVC) Sunday afternoon. The Redbirds were lead by Junior guard Tete Maggett who recorded 11 points and 6 rebounds. Senior Simone Goods only played 18 minutes scoring 2 points. Head Coach Kristen […]
NORMAL - Tuesday morning, all Illinois State University students and faculty received an emergency alert concerning the safety of students with the presence of ice on campus. Emergency Management alerted the campus of the safety precaution and cancelled all activities and classes before 10 am. However, some professors made their classes mandatory despite the emergency alert. These conflicting statements left many students confused, due to the fact there was no […]
NORMAL - The Illinois State Redbirds (10-8, 3-2 MVC) returned to Redbird Arena Tuesday night to defeat the Southern Illinois Salukis (9-9, 2-3 MVC) 59-58. Both teams came out shooting in the first half by trading field goals. A three-pointer from Zach Copeland opened up the scoring for ISU under three minutes into the game. Copeland's three-pointer was the first of five for ISU in the first half. ISU forced […]
NORMAL – The Illinois State Redbirds (9-8; 2-2) will return to Redbird Arena on Tuesday to take on the Southern Illinois Salukis (9-8; 2-2). The Redbirds come into the match up coming off a road loss to Loyola-Chicago last Saturday, which dropped them to 0-5 on the road this season. The Redbirds, though, hold a 7-2 record a home this season and hope to continue their hot home play, where […]
Due to icy conditions Tuesday morning, Illinois State University will not open until 10 a.m. Both 8 a.m. and 9:35 a.m. courses are cancelled, and non-essential staff is not required to report to work until 10 a.m. Olympia Schools are also starting late at 9 a.m. after an hour delay also due to icy conditions. Road conditions are fairly clear in McLean County according to the Illinois Department of Transportation, […]
