Men's Baseball: No. 20 UIS baseball wins home opener
No. 20 the University of Illinois Springfield baseball team hosted Saginaw Valley State in the Prairie Stars home opener Saturday.
UIS scored 14 runs in the seventh and eighth innings. Bobby Barnard led the team with four hits. Brandon Bannon recorded four RBI.
This story aired on WICS Newschannel 20 on February 26, 2022.
UIS women's basketball advances to the GLVC Tournament Quarterfinals in historic win
The University of Illinois Springfield women's basketball team won its first Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament game Monday night, beating Missouri S&T 60-52 at the TRAC.
The Prairie Stars advance to the GLVC Tournament Quarterfinals in Edwardsville, Ill. on Friday. The Stars will face Missouri-St. Louis.
This story aired on WICS Newschannel 20 on February 28, 2022.
Watch the story online.
Ukrainian tennis player grappling with war in home country
A University of Illinois Springfield men's tennis player is 5,000 miles from home.
Nikita Revin is from Kyiv, Ukraine, the center of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
He tells us what life is like for his family and friends stuck in a country now unrecognizable.
"When I hear news about missiles in my home city, I was really in shock about it," Revin said. "I was like 'my family is there,' so I don't know what to do, to be honest."
UIS and Springfield School District 186 support new Diverse Workforce Pipeline Program
The University of Illinois Springfield School of Education and Springfield School District 186 have come together to support the new Diverse Workforce Pipeline Program.
The program aims to increase the number of diverse teachers throughout District 186 classrooms and hopes to have at least 24 paraprofessionals enrolled in the pipeline at UIS over the next two years.