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Racers can’t cement first road win at Illinois

Story by Gage Johnson Senior writer gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Murray State women’s basketball traveled to Champaign, Illinois, for a Tuesday matchup against the University of Illinois, and fell to the Fighting Illini 84-52. Illinois would gain the first lead of the game at 2-0, and there would not be a single lead change after. The Racers started Read More

OVC baseball tournament granted new home

Story by Gage Johnson, Senior writer As the OVC’s annual spring meetings came to a close on June 1, the conference finalized a postseason move for the OVC Baseball Championships to Rent One Park in Marion, Illinois for the next two years. Rent One Park will become the fourth neutral site that’s hosted OVC postseason Read More

Football loses first game 52-3

Story by Mark McFarland, Sports Editor Murray State starts its season 0-1 after a 52-3 loss to Big Ten opponent University of Illinois. The Racers couldn’t get anything going early as senior quarterback KD Humphries threw his first interception of the season on the first drive of the year. Illinois would then score on its Read More

Air Force band honors the late Elvis

Story by Gisselle Hernandez, Assistant Features Editor The United States Air Force Band of Mid-America performed a free concert, hosted by Murray State and Town & Gown Thursday, Oct. 15.  at Lovett Auditorium. The U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America, situated in Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is one of the various bands under the United States Read More

Cross-country to compete at Bradley

The men’s and women’s cross-country teams will compete at the Bradley Classic in Peoria, Ill., today. Some OVC schools attending the Bradley Classic include Eastern Illinois, Southeast Missouri State and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. This will be the first match of the season the Racers will face SEMO. Head Coach Jenny Severns said that seeing Read More

Photo contributed by Adam Tignor /// Anna Tignor, senior from Washington, Ill., came home to her neighborhood devastated by a recent string of tornados that hit the Midwest.

WHAT WE LOST – Death, destruction affect students hours away

Students anxiously followed Sunday night’s storms that tore through the region, leaving several dead and many without homes – concerned for friends and family members. Hundreds of homes were destroyed from the storms that ravaged the Midwest Sunday night, including Anna Tignor’s, senior from Washington, Ill. She was driving back to Murray after her grandmother’s Read More

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