Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State men’s basketball head coach Ryan Pedon got his first win over Bradley University in three seasons, 82-71 on Wednesday night at CEFCU Arena. “There’s a lot of highs and lows that come with coaching,” Pedon said. “I’m trying to coach the game and stay in the moment the best I can. They are our rival, and it did feel good […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The United Faculty of Illinois State University (UFISU) held an open rally on Wednesday at noon. The group marched from the bell tower at the center of ISU’s Quad all the way to Hovey Hall. The group's intention is to get the attention of ISU President Aondover Tarhule to address the issues of unfair wages. Keith Pluymers is an associate professor in the school’s history department and […]
NORMAL, Ill. — The McLean County Republicans look to make one final push with election season right around the corner. Chairman, Dennis Grundler explained the ideology in which the group will stand behind. "We are for safety in the community, lower taxes and for government oversight," Gundler said. In order to reach a variety of audiences, Grundler and his team have gone through text messaging, billboard and radio advertisement. Grundler […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Over the last few weeks, both Bloomington and Normal city councils have updated and implemented new policies for the residents of the community. Bloomington The Bloomington City Council approved an emergency grant to open the Salvation Army’s new indoor facility on Sept. 9. The new facility will help relocate residents who are currently living in the East View church parking lot. Council member Cody Hendricks […]
Image courtesy to news.illinoisstate.edu NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State University's Wonsook College of Fine Arts will display events for families and residents. The Visual Arts program and the Creative Drama Program are built into the "Saturdays for Creativity" events and will run from Sept. 9 through Oct. 8. Allison Alcorn serves as the director of the Community School for the Arts (CSA), another program designed for residents to express creative […]
NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State University held its annual "Festival ISU" for students on Tuesday and Wednesday. The event has taken place on the ISU quad in previous years, but moved inside the Bone Student Center due to excessive heat. The festival celebrated its 35 year anniversary after it kicked off in 1989. Jacob Rottinghause works for the Dean of Students and helped plan the event. He spoke on the […]
Image courtesy of Bloomingtonbisonhockey.com BLOOMINGTON, Ill. —Newly appointed Bloomington Bison Head Coach and General Manager Phil Barski spoke at the Bloomington City Council meeting on Monday night. Barski stressed the difficulty of having a new inaugural team in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) be successful in their first season. He provided a game plan to rise to the challenge. "Historically, if you look in the ECHL, the expansion team's have […]
Image from the Bloomington Council meeting BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The city of Bloomington approved a new city manager at its final April Meeting. Deputy City Manager Jeff Jurgens was elected to be the representative for the new City Manager on April 18. In a unanimous vote, the council appointed Jurgens to the hot seat. Tim Gleason will step down after six years in the position, as he will be relocating […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — The Bloomington City Council held its first meeting of April on Monday night at the government boardroom and approved phase one of the Downtown Streetscape plan. On a fairly crowded night, four residents voiced their opinion on the approval for the phase one project for the streetscape program during the public comment portion. Chairmen of the Ward of Directors and Vice President of Carle Health Tony Coletta […]
