The "War on 74" series will conclude each year with a traveling Rivalry Series trophy being presented to the school that scores the most points throughout the year in competitions against their rival.

Luke, who coached ISU's pole vaulters, was inducted into the Illinois Track and Cross-Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2026 after coaching for more than 30 years.

Normal Community is among four Intercity schools fielding a girls flag football team for the first time, joining University High, Normal West and Bloomington. While some schools in Illinois debuted the sport last year, Bloomington-Normal schools hit the field this season.

After two high-profile criminal cases against Twin City cheer coaches, WGLT looks into how coaches are vetted and supervised across local schools and private gyms.

Illinois State Redbird athletics is coming off what it calls a banner year for fundraising.

In an era of NIL and the transfer portal, Caiden Abbs is a throwback … a student-athlete as invested in academics as athletics.

Illinois State football has started fall camp as the Redbirds look to make another run at a national championship.

The ISU men's and women's basketball teams both made long postseason runs last spring.

To create enough adequate space for continued growth would take "tens of millions of dollars," according to city staff who operate the only public ice rink the Twin Cities. The space crunch has meant getting creative with less-than-ideal facilities, but that's not kept people from coming.

The Bloomington Bison have entered an affiliation agreement with the NHL's Winnepeg Jets and AHL's Manitoba Moose, for the 2026-27 season.

More Than a Game! will remain installed at the McLean County Museum of History for at least five years. It's a rare new permanent exhibition drawing from the museum's collection and local baseball lore on loan for the occasion.

The Redbirds are set to play the Wildcats Oct. 18 in the second contest of a home-and-home series started last year.