The Heartland Community College baseball team is returning to the World Series for a fourth straight season, on a quest for the program’s second national championship during that span.

Bob Conkling announced his retirement after a season in which ISU won its second Midwest Independent Conference championship in three years and third overall under Conkling. He was named the league’s Coach of the Year for the third time. He leaves the program better than he found it.

Republican state lawmakers have signaled they want to ban transgender girls from competing on girls school sports teams in Illinois.

Ryan Pedon led the Redbirds to their winningest season in eight years, and the team won the College Basketball Invitational title last season.

Kingdom City Boxing hosted the Battle of the Midwest boxing tournament at the Boys and Girls Club. Watch our video recap or view the photo gallery.

Brian Knutson of Bloomington was still processing it a few days later. Attending any Masters would have been a dream realized. Witnessing history from 15 to 20 yards away? Are you kidding?

The Bloomington Bison hockey team missed the playoffs in its first season, but coach and General Manager Phillip Barski said he senses momentum heading into the second season next year, on the ice and off, in a growing fan base.

The Illinois House has approved a bill that would ban portrayals of Native Americans in school logos, names and mascots, and another bill that would force a Southern Illinois school to drop its use of the Midgets nickname.

Several family members of the men who died in a 2015 plane crash joined retired Illinois State University Director of Athletics Larry Lyons and current AD Jeri Beggs at a ceremonial gathering Monday to mark the 10-year anniversary.

Jen Kuhn is clearly still softball driven. But the Illinois Wesleyan student-athlete and U-High grad has a lot more to give than line drives and diving catches.

In 16 seasons, Brock Spack has compiled a 111-74 [60%] record and has led the Redbirds to six NCAA playoff appearances and two Missouri Valley Football Conference championships.

The Redbirds fell, 99-96, in the tournament semifinals to Troy in front of a crowd of 2,406 at CEFCU Arena.