WIU looks for improved special teams play.
From today's McDonough County Voice:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/sports/20 ... teams-play

UMKC won the exhibition match 3-0. Attendance at UMKC = 288. Next up, Western travels to Oskaloosa, Iowa for its third and final exhibition match vs William Penn, which takes place Monday, Aug. 15 at 6 p.m. Four days later, the Leathernecks will officially begin the regular season at Indiana State (...

Grand Entryway Sign Now Reads "WESTERN NOIS UNIVERSI Y".
From Tri-States Public Radio WIUM-FM:
http://tspr.org/post/grand-entryway-sig ... =#stream/0

Brett Taylor Eager to Lead Leatherneck Football.
From KHQA Sports with Nico Haeflinger (2014 Western grad):
http://khqa.com/sports/content/brett-ta ... k-football

News story about the stolen letters as seen on WGEM News:
http://www.wgem.com/story/32732293/2016 ... n-entrance

Valpo scored 4 first half goals and won the game 4-2. Attendance = 89. Next up for Western are a pair of road exhibition matches at UMKC (Aug. 13) and William Penn (Aug. 15), before officially beginning the regular season with an Aug. 19 road meeting with Indiana State. The first regular season home...

National championship talk highlights WIU Media Day.
From WGEM Sports with Ben Marth:
http://www.wgem.com/story/32724514/2016 ... -media-day

Photo of the damage:
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/storyimag ... g&MaxW=650

The Western Illinois University Office of Public Safety (OPS) is seeking the community's assistance in recovering letters that were stolen sometime overnight (Aug. 9) from the Western Illinois University grand entrance sign at Lafayette Street and University Drive. The letters (the "I-l-l"...

More bad news announced today: S&P Global Ratings lowered its underlying rating three notches to ‘BB+’ from ‘BBB+’ on Governors State University Board of Trustees, Ill.’s series 2007 and 2012 university facilities system (UFS) revenue bonds and series 2008 and 2009 certificates of participation ...