How to Watch Illinois vs. Eastern Illinois

Game Time: 8 p.m. Thursday

TV Channel: BTN

Online Streaming: FOX Sports GO

Odds: ILL -28, O/U 45

Quick Hits:

Illinois Fighting Illini (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten)

Head Coach: Bret Bielema (4th season, 18-19 record)

Last Game: 45-43 loss to Northwestern

Gameday Reading:

Eastern Illinois Panthers (0-0)

Head coach: Chris Wilkerson (3rd season, 10-12)

Last game: 28-14 win over Robert Morris

What Happened the Last Time These Two Teams Played?

Sept. 6, 2008: Illinois 47, EIU 21

How about this gem from News-Gazette veteran Scott Richey, when he covered EIU!

CHAMPAIGN – Eastern had a chance to take the lead against No. 24 Illinois about six minutes before halftime. The Panthers had the ball at the Illinois seven-yard line, but could not pick up that crucial yard with consecutive rushing plays.

Illinois then scored twice before the second quarter came to a close to increase their lead to 19-7 en route to a 47-21 victory.

The Fighting Illini dominated with their ground game with 399 rushing yards on 53 carries. Illinois junior quarterback Juice Williams had an Illinois record 174 yards and scored twice on the ground. Williams also completed 16-of-25 passes for 124 yards and another touchdown.

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) — Illinois has reported its first West Nile Virus death of 2024.

The person was in their 80s and lived in Lake County, Illinois.

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They developed symptoms in the middle of this month and died soon after.

The Illinois Health Department says nine people across the state have come down with the virus so far this year.

West Nile Virus is typically spread through mosquito bites.

People older than 50 and immunocompromised individuals are at higher risk for severe illness from West Nile Virus.

SEE ALSO | Dr. Anthony Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) – Imagine not having enough food to feed your family–it’s a reality for folks in every community across the United States, including here in the Heartland.

A summit held Tuesday at John A. Logan College is working to end food insecurity in the area.

Numbers from Feeding America show food insecurity affects approximately 13,000 children across southern Illinois.

Jennifer Paulson is working to change that by supplying food and teaching sustainable farming methods through the non-profit Food Works.

”That can look like a lot of things: workshops for farmers, farmers markets, food hubs, and then the snap and link program at farmers markets across southern Illinois,” Paulson said.

She told us the fourth annual Southern Illinois Food Security Summit helps bring organizations and non-profits together to network and ensure crucial needs are met as the hunger fight continues.

”It really takes all these groups working together and coming at it from different angles,” she said.

Food Works recently launched a new mobile farmers market to help families in southern Illinois communities that don’t have easy access to a grocery store.

”It essentially is a farmers market on wheels. So all the food groups you expect to see at a farmers market–fresh produce, local meat, dairy, baked goods, all those things,” Paulson said. “And this vehicle lets us take that market on the road to the communities that need it.”

Elizabeth Deruntz, the deputy director of Food Works, said this is a great way to come up with new ideas to fight hunger in the heartland.

”It’s wonderful to meet with people who are like-minded about sourcing food and getting food to more food to people in our region. It is a regional struggle and we need to find new and interesting ways to work together,” she said.

For more information on how you can help fight hunger in southern Illinois, visit https://www.feedsi.org/.

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