The St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team continued to show their strength and balance as they captured an IHSA Class 3A Regional title Friday night. Taylor Wells, a 6’3″ senior, has not only provided a presence in the paint throughout the season but also has led or shared the scoring lead […]
The Illinois 4th District Court of Appeals has upheld the temporary restraining order on masks and vaccine mandates handed down by Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow. The court called the appeal request “moot” after a JCAR, a 12-member committee divided evenly between the House and Senate, and between Democrats and […]
The Vermilion County Conservation District will host an “Illinois RiverWatch Network” training workshop on Saturday, March 19, 9 am – 4 pm at the Kennekuk Environmental Education Center, Kennekuk County Park. The workshop is offered by The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) will train and certify participants as citizen scientists […]
The Vermilion County Conservation District will offer a guided Maple Syrup Time Hike at Forest Glen Preserve on Sunday, March 13 at 1:30 p.m. The hike follows Willow Creek Trail and participants will learn the history of syrup making from the time of the native Americans thru the settlement years to […]
Oakwood’s Grant Brewer captured an IHSA Class 1A Regional title wrestling at 145-lbs. Saturday. Brewer pinned all three opponents at the Heyworth Regional. With a 32-10 Brewer competes again on Feb. 11.
Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday that the state of Illinois plans to lift the statewide indoor mask requirement on Monday, February 28, 2022, but still intends to continue masking requirements in P-12 schools subject to pending litigation which impacts a number of schools. Mask requirements will continue where they are […]
The 5 Essentials Survey is now open to students, teachers and parents through March 11. Administered by a third party, the UChicago Impact at the University of Chicago, the 5 Essentials Survey was implemented by ISBE more than eight years ago as a tool to gain confidential feedback about the […]
The St. Jude Monticello-to-Peoria Run is looking for runners with a heart for St. Jude. Founded in 2012, this year the team celebrates its 10th year running for the kids of St. Jude. The team also celebrates another special milestone this year; they will break the $500,000 mark in their […]
Students in the Mahomet-Seymour School District had the option of wearing a mask—or not—as they came to school Monday morning. The change came on the back of a temporary restraining order granted Friday by Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow in response to a lawsuit brought to the court […]
Every human needs a place to belong. And yet, throughout all of time, groups of people have been separated from the whole, been made to feel as though they are less than, and even, many times, intimidated to be who they were born to be. The Mahomet-Seymour community felt a […]
