Marian loses Class 4A Illinois State University super-sectional

NORMAL | With an all-junior starting lineup, the future is bright for the Marian Catholic boys basketball team.

T.F. South grad to lead ROTC team at Army 10-Miler

Daniel Scandura says his team will strive to be as fast and mobile as possible, but will remain in formation throughout the duration.

20 UNDER 40: Colleen McCoy-Cejka

With a Starbucks coffee in her hand and the dreams and aspirations of her students ever present in her mind, Bishop Noll Institute principal Colleen McCoy-Cejka likes to begin her day standing just outside the doors of the school. There, she can take in the fresh air and hear the excited voi…

Illinois State adds sports clinic

NORMAL | A newly opened facility at Illinois State University will enable students to get rehabilitation treatment for orthopedic injuries while also providing clinical experience for students studying to be athletic trainers.

Illinois State adds sports clinic

Ashley Kech, an Illinois State University graduate student, uses a therapeutic ultrasound on the knee of student Scott Picton in the newly opened Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Therapy Clinic at ISU in Normal, Ill. Focused ultrasound can be used as a heat therapy treatment that loosens t…

Mount Carmel football players Smith, Romero make college choices

Mount Carmel senior football players Draco Smith and D.J. Romero have made verbal commitments to continue their careers at the collegiate level.

YOUNG VOICES: Academic conference an inspiration

Recently I had the pleasure of doing a panel presentation at the 48th Annual Allerton English Articulation Conference thanks to two full-time colleagues who initially suggested a presentation to me, another graduate student and an undergraduate student. This experience opened my eyes to life…

Blazing Trojans beat Edwardsville to advance to Class 4A semifinals

NORMAL | Bloom Township coach Jasper Williams says the game plan will be pretty basic for the Blazing Trojans when they step on the floor for this weekend's Illinois Class 4A state finals in Peoria.

Chicago sculptor picked to create Redenbacher figure

VALPARAISO | When Lou Cella's mom saw a story in a Chicago newspaper that Valparaiso was looking for someone to do a life-sized sculpture of Orville Redenbacher, she called him immediately.

No Limits Track Club advance 12 athletes to Junior Olympics

No Limits Track Club, based in Northwest Indiana, has advanced 12 athletes to the AAU National Track and Field Championship (Junior Olympics) to take place July 29-Aug. 6 in New Orleans.

OFFBEAT: Roots Pizza offers a Windy City option for pizza served up 'Quad City style'

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YOUNG VOICES: Bin Laden death could lead to re-focus

Each fall, the Memorial Junior High School band takes a tour of the grade schools in Lansing to help recruit for the following year. On Sept. 11, 2001, I was a seventh-grader and proud clarinet player in that band.

Ill. colleges seek preemptive strike against conceal carry bill

SPRINGFIELD | College officials throughout the state are raising red flags over a push to allow Illinoisans to carry concealed weapons.

Illinois universities: Half is not enough

SPRINGFIELD | Four years at one of Illinois' state universities is getting expensive. The men who run the state's 10 schools admit that.

YOUNG VOICES: First build your dream -- then make it come true

As the date of my graduation from Illinois State University looms ever closer, I become more aware each day of the uncertainties of being a 20-something in today's society. Too often am I met with the negatives. No, I will not get a job in education. No, I will not be employable with just a …

Treasurer’s race highlights down ballot battles

SPRINGFIELD | Democrat Alexi Giannoulias' bid to become Illinois' junior U.S. senator has triggered a spirited and potentially expensive battle for his current job as state treasurer.