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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.

The Illinois State women’s basketball team will participate in a third consecutive Postseason WNIT, but the Redbirds have to wait a little longer to find out their first opponent.

The Illinois State University men’s basketball team announced Monday it will accept a spot in the 16-team College Basketball Invitational in Daytona Beach.

Student Athlete Mental Health Week starts Saturday, and Illinois State University has plans for every day of the week. WGLT spoke to ISU Athletics embedded counselor Lindsay Maxson, who helped develop the programming.

Illinois State University has released summaries of an internal audit of Athletics Department spending and of an external audit commissioned in the wake of questionable expenditures that led to the resignation of Athletic Director Kyle Brennan last year.

Norfolk State coach Robert Jones said during a media availability on Monday that society has come a long way over the decades but there is still a small pocket of people in the country where racism exists.

As the fall sports season takes off at Illinois State University, mascot Reggie Redbird is everywhere, making community appearances, sharing the cheering duties at games in multiple sports. It's a lot. There are, in fact, multiple Reggies. It wasn't always that way.

Kyle Brennan is sticking around as Illinois State University’s director of athletics for the next five years.

Illinois State University women's basketball coach Kristen Gillespie has signed a four-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season. In her first five years, Gillespie teams have gone 87-61.

Southern Illinois University (SIU) released a new policy change this week to its code of conduct, banning student athletes, cheerleaders, and spirit…