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In The Dawghouse Podcast: Liz Jarnigan 10/26/20

On our season premiere, we overcame some early technical difficulties (2020!) and got to spend a few minutes with Saluki athletic director Liz Jarnigan....

In The Dawghouse Podcast: Nick Hill 10/26/2020

Paxton Guy and Mike Murphy welcomed Saluki Football coach to the first In the Dawghouse episode of a brand new season on Monday. The main topic, of course, was Friday’s game against SEMO. Hear...

LISTEN: Roundtable Discussion with Area Basketball Coaches o...

Matt Varney got on the phone with several area basketball coaches Tuesday evening when the news came out that Governor J.B. Pritzker and IDPH had raised basketball from a medium-risk sports to a high-risk...

Governor Pritzker, IDPH announce winter sports guidelines da...

Tuesday’s daily press conference for Governor J.B. Pritzker held news for winter sports after no mention of high school athletics for days. Updated guidance for winter sports, as well as the news of basketball...

LISTEN: Saluki Football's Nick Hill confident in team's defe...

Photo taken by Brandon Lindholm/siusalukis Nick Hill was on a teleconference Monday before his team squares up with #25 SEMO this Friday night for the program’s only nonconference game for this season and the...

LISTEN: West Frankfort's Pete Gordon gives takes on current ...

Pete Gordon and Rick Hayes sat down together Friday morning to discuss some of the hot button topics in IHSA basketball right now, looking back at Coach Gordon’s first year at West Frankfort after...

LISTEN: Pinckneyville's Bob Waggoner keeping optimism h...

Pinckneyville’s Bob Waggoner spoke with Matt Varney before practice on Thursday to discuss the...

LISTEN: Pinckneyville's Bob Waggoner keeping ...

LISTEN: John A Logan's Kyle Smithpeters talks schedule ...

John A Logan Basketball coach Kyle Smithpeters sat down with Matt Varney before practice...

LISTEN: John A Logan's Kyle Smithpeters talks...

LISTEN: Cobden's Wendell Wheeler talks Appleknocker sta...

Wendell Wheeler and Matt Varney talked before practice on Tuesday about Monday’s Region 5...

LISTEN: Cobden's Wendell Wheeler talks Applek...

LISTEN: Eldorado Basketball's Josh Bradley preparing Ea...

Eldorado Basketball head coach Josh Bradley talked with Matt Varney before practice on Thursday. ...

LISTEN: Eldorado Basketball's Josh Bradley pr...

Sportsvoice Podcast: Mike Reis 10-10-2020

Mike Reis, the voice of the Salukis, joined Sportsvoice Saturday morning to talk with...

Sportsvoice Podcast: Mike Reis 10-10-2020

LISTEN: Murphysboro's Daryl Murphy talks preparing for ...

Murphysboro Basketball coach Daryl Murphy and voice of the Red Devils Matt Varney met...

LISTEN: Murphysboro's Daryl Murphy talks prep...

Illinois high court seeks volunteers to work on appeal cases

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court is recruiting more volunteer lawyers to help speed up criminal appeals that at times in northern Illinois takes so long the defendant has completed his prison term before their...

GOP leaders ask Pritzker to justify his bar, restaurant plan

FILE – In this Sept. 21, 2020, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday that his...

Gov. Pritzker puts another region under COVID-19 mitigation ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that added restrictions are coming to another region of the state as the spread of COVID-19 continues to trigger Tier 1 mitigations. Citing rising coronavirus testing...

Illinois Senate committees discuss police reforms

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — Illinois lawmakers discussed police reform during a hearing Tuesday called by the Legislative Black Caucus. The Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee and Committee on Public Safety joint hearing focused on...

Governor bans indoor dining in Chicago as virus cases surge

FILE – In this March 30, 2020 file photo, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at the Thompson Center in Chicago during the daily update on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. (Ashlee Rezin...

Store guard stabbed 27 times for asking women to wear masks

Jessica Hill | Chicago Police Department CHICAGO (AP) — Two sisters accused of stabbing a West Side Chicago store security guard 27 times with a knife after he asked them to wear face masks...