It’s a rocky start to Illinois’ new fiscal year that has agencies across the state sweating the financial side of their jobs, waiting to see what will transpire as the governor and legislators continue to disagree on how to pay the bills.
It’s July, and the local college football teams - Southern Illinois, Eastern Illinois, Illinois State and Indiana State - are gearing up for the 2009 season.
Illinois State will enter the year with a new head coach. Southern Illinois will begin its last season of play in McAndrew Stadium. Eastern Illinois will look to rebound and get back into the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoffs. And Indiana State will seek its first victory since the 2006 season; the Sycamores are 1-44 in the last four seasons.
