Eastern battled back and forth but lost to the Purdue University Fort Wayne Mastodons 1-0 Sunday afternoon at Lakeside Field.   Despite the extreme temperatures, with it being 90 degrees just before...

Instruments shone in the sunlight, flags rippled in the wind and music filled the stadium during the Panther Marching Band Festival on Saturday. High school bands from around central Illinois entered...

Cassie McCleery has a decision to make: to continue her competitive baton twirling for the last year or to focus on her future career in teaching. The senior family and consumer sciences major with a...

The Panther Marching Band performs its pregame and halftime shows before the first awards ceremony on Saturday evening at O’Brien Field during the PMB Festival. During the PMB Festival, there was a...

The Panther Marching Band Festival will bring a variety of high school band performances and classic rock songs from “Queen” to O’Brien Field Saturday. The first performance of the festival is at...

The 38th Annual Panther Marching Band Festival will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at O’Brien Stadium.   The festival, which is expected to last all day, will consist of 36 high schools from...

Eastern’s marching band is gearing up for their first big performance of the year, the first home football game, at 6 p.m. Saturday at O’Brien Field.  Corey Francis, director of the marching band,...