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

The franchise landed in the playoffs in its second season under inaugural head coach Phillip Barski, who has agreed to a two-year extension on his contract.

Athletes from Bloomington-Normal competed in athletics, bocce and unified volleyball, with each medaling in this year's games in Minnesota.

The Bison earned ECHL’s Rising Star Growth Award and the Corporate Partnership Team of the Year Award during the 2025-26 ECHL Team Awards Ceremony.

What makes the event like no other is its emphasis on inclusion of everyone and building irreplaceable bonds through a large sum of people from all walks of life, organizers said. This year's games will feature 3,450 athletes and unified partners, 1,250 coaches and 1,200 volunteers.

The American Red Cross will host its 31st annual Evening of Stars event Sept. 9 at the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University. Tebow will serve as the event's keynote speaker.

When the World Cup soccer tournament begins Thursday, a Central Illinois congressman will see nine years of work begin to pay off.

An inaugural plane pull event raised thousands of dollars for Special Olympics Illinois Saturday.

Former U-High girls basketball coach Mike Sondgeroth recalls Meier being “a player who was devoted to the program and gave her all."

Illinois State Athletics has announced plans to discontinue its men’s tennis program, effective at the end of the spring 2026 semester.