INA, Ill. — The American Red Cross Blood Drive is returning to the Rend Lake College Campus on Tuesday, January 24, from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm in the South Oasis. The event is open to the public and all individuals are encouraged to participate in this life-saving opportunity.
Illinois State Rifle Association files federal lawsuit against Pritzker’s gun ban
January 18, 2023 By Leave a Comment
(The Center Square) – The first federal lawsuit against Illinois’ gun ban and registry has been announced by the Illinois State Rifle Association. It follows two others that were filed in state court Tuesday.
Top prospects Jordan Walker, Masyn Winn headline Cardinals’ 22 invites to spring
January 18, 2023 By Leave a Comment
What the Cardinals have made obvious with their comments about their prized prospects they want to see, the organization made official Tuesday by announcing their non-roster invitees.
Ukraine interior minister, others killed in helicopter crash
January 18, 2023 By Leave a Comment
BROVARY, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s interior minister died Wednesday in a helicopter crash near the capital that killed more than a dozen other people, including children, authorities said.
Legislators focus on gun law during town hall meeting in Marion
January 18, 2023 By Leave a Comment
MARION — State Sens. Dale Fowler and Terri Bryant and State Reps. Dave Severin, David Friess, Patrick Windhorst, Paul Jacobs and Charlie Meier hosted a town hall meeting Tuesday evening the Marion Civic Center.
2023 NFL divisional playoff picks: Cowboys upset 49ers, Giants shock Eagles, Bengals stun Bills
January 18, 2023 By Leave a Comment
I’d like to start things off today by apologizing to the NFL. When they decided to change the name of “Wild Card Weekend” to “Super Wild Card Weekend,” I thought it was going to be the biggest marketing failure since Crystal Clear Pepsi, but I was wrong, because the football we got over the weekend was Super Wild.
Salukis Get Past Evansville to Sweep Season Series
January 18, 2023 By Leave a Comment
CARBONDALE, IL – Marcus Domask did all he needed to and more to help the Southern Illinois men’s basketball team protect its homecourt with a 78-70 victory over Evansville Tuesday night at Banterra Center. The senior tied a career-high finishing with 32 points, five rebounds, and four assists as Southern improved to 15-5 on the season and 7-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
“I’m obviously happy to get the win,” head coach Bryan Mullins said after the game. “We didn’t play our best tonight – give a ton of credit to Evansville. I thought they played extremely hard and played really good basketball.”
The Salukis were dominant over the first 15 minutes of the game, leading by 20 points with 5:44 left in the first half. Evansville did not give in though as the Aces were able to close out the first half with a 13-5 run to cut the SIU lead to 12 points heading into the locker room.
“For us, I thought our offense dictated our defense a little bit for maybe one of the first times this year,” Mullins added. “In the second half, we just didn’t play well enough on either side of the ball with too many turnovers offensively, then defensively too many uncontested shots.”
The Purple Aces would continue to keep things interesting in the second half forcing SIU into 13 turnovers over the final 20 minutes – with Southern finishing the game with 18 total. The Aces would turn those Saluki miscues into 19 points over the course of the game.
Evansville (4-16, 0-9 MVC) ran with a smaller lineup in the second half, forcing Southern’s big men to guard the perimeter which in turn allowed UE to knock down six triples in the second half to stay within striking distance.
It was Domask who would power SIU to the win, scoring 20 of his 32 points in the second half. The Waupun, Wisconsin native went 8-for-10 from the field and a perfect 3-for-3 from behind the arc in the second half of play.
Facing his old team, Jawuan Newton put in 11 points and grabbed five rebounds while Troy D’Amico joined Domask and Newton in double figures with a 4-for-4 performance from the field for 10 points to go with three rebounds.
The Salukis won the battle in the paint 44-26 and assisted on 17 of their 30 field goals.
Marvin Coleman led the Purple Aces with 25 points on 9-for-13 shooting to go with a team-high nine rebounds. Kenny Strawbridge added 12 points for UE.
UP NEXT
The Salukis hit the road this weekend with a trip to Springfield to take on Missouri State Saturday. Tip is set for 1 p.m. with the game airing on ESPN3.
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Daily Hope: When You Walk Through the Valley: Three Truths to Remember
January 18, 2023 By Leave a Comment
You may not be in the valley of the shadow of death right now, but you may be in another valley. Valleys are the hard places on your journey, where it’s easy to doubt or overlook God’s goodness.
Column: The Arrogance of Equity
January 18, 2023 By Leave a Comment
It has been revealed that several Northern Virginian high schools purposely withheld scholastic merit awards from their highest-achieving students. When the details of the story finally emerged, it became apparent that this emotional abuse of young teenagers at the hands of overly educated school administrators was yet another example of the left’s latest Holy Grail agenda: equity.
Bill O’Reilly: Blame Mexico
January 18, 2023 By Leave a Comment
As the South Park wise guys surely understand, the three amigos exposition in Mexico City last week was a total farce. I hope Biden, Trudeau, and Obrador got some good meals out of it, at least. I mean, all this working together for the good of the people stuff is a cruel lie. Mexico works against its own people and certainly harms the citizens of the United States and Canada. So, how about some truth-telling?
