Photo courtesy of Town of Normal NORMAL, Ill.--Monday morning the town of Normal City Manager Pamela Reece released the decision of selecting Steve Petrilli to be the next chief of police for the Normal Police Department. Petrilli becomes the 17th chief of police for the NPD since 1925. The duty of Petrilli is to lead officers to protecting the rights and property of those who live, work and visit the […]
Photo courtesy from Central Illinois Girl Scouts NORMAL, Ill. — The local Girl Scouts are doing much more than just selling cookies. Engaging in STEM interests to attending outdoor camps--The Girl Scouts are learning traits of what it takes to be a strong woman one activity at a time. Membership engagement coordinator Emily Tucker spoke about some of the camps that the girls are participating in. “There is a day […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – First-year ISU coach Ryan Pedon has completed his coaching staff with the hiring of Rob Judson. Judson, who is making his second assistant stint in Bloomington-Normal, played at Illinois under Hall of Famer Lou Henson from 1976-1980 and served as an Illinois assistant coach from 1996-2001. He then was the head coach at Northern Illinois from 2002-2007 before staff stints at Illinois State […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill- The Track and Field Outdoor season is on its way for the Redbirds. The redbirds are expecting to go against the Fighting Illini in the Illini Classic this Friday and Saturday. The last time the redbirds were in Champaign was on February 18 during this past indoor season. In the indoor match the Women’s team placed first and the Men’s team placed second. Prior […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Back in their home state this week for their next four games, the Redbirds baseball team has a chance to bounce back after a weekend sweep against the Kansas Jayhawks. Following a 13-9 loss on Friday, the Redbirds dropped both Saturday and Sunday's games as well to go without a win in Lawrence. The bright spot was slugger Ryan Cermak, who followed a three-home run, ten RBI day […]
Photo provided by Kodiak Creative BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – With the offseason of Illinois Wesleyan basketball upon us, it’s time to take a look at what next years team will look like now that the dust of this previous season has settled. “It’s gonna be an interesting offseason,” said Head Coach Ron Rose. “We relied on Matt (Leritz), Pete (Lambesis) and Cory (Noe) so we had a 7-10 man rotation. So, […]
NORMAL, Ill. – After two seasons as a productive scorer for the Illinois State men’s basketball team, senior Josiah Strong has entered the transfer portal. Though Strong has entered his name into the transfer portal, it is not a guarantee he will leave Illinois State, but it does grant a release so that other schools may contact him about playing for their team next season. Strong averaged 11.5 PPG, 3.3 […]
NORMAL Ill.- University High School Varsity baseball is off to a swinging start of the season, with a record two wins and three loses. The two victories the team have this season have been shutouts and have at least scored ten or more runs. The first victory of the season was ten to zero against Sacred Heart-Griffin and the second victory was against Springfield Southeast High School with a score […]
Photo courtesy of Lincoln College Facebook NORMAL, Ill.--Lincoln College has communicated to the Illinois Department of Higher Education and Higher Learning Commission of permanent closure. The closure is in effect May 13th and the Board of Trustees have voted to terminate all academic programming this spring semester. In hopes to help students who are affected by the closure, State Representative Tim Butler has filed a House Joint Resolution (HJR) to assist […]
