Life is speaking to Dustin (Liggett) Danger. And the Oakwood native is listening. The 39-year old has never questioned was he was put on the Earth to do: he was made to create. “I was a really good artist when I was younger,” Danger said. “When I was 17, I […]
St. Joseph’s 17-year-old Nadirah Edwards passed away Thursday from injuries she received from hit by a dump truck at the intersection of County Roads 1850 North and 2200 East in Stanton Township Wednesday afternoon. The driver and passenger in the dump truck were not hurt. Edwards was driving west on […]
There’s no place like Homer for the Holidays. But in 2020, the Champaign County Forest Preserve district has to move the annual holiday crafting event into participants’ homes. Because the Salt Fork Center is closed due to COVID-19, CCFPD will provide all the supplies and instructions in a free kit […]
St. Joseph will hold a Republican and Democrat Caucus on Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. Both caucuses will nominate candidates for the seats of mayor and three trustees on the Village of St. Joseph board of trustees. The Democratic Party will hold their caucus at the St. Joseph Annex Building, […]
The Village of Oakwood Clerk will accept election packets from candidates seeking four-year terms as mayor or one of three trustees on Dec. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Oakwood Village Hall. The 2021 consolidated election is on April 6. Incomplete packets will not be accepted for certification. […]
The Vineyard Church in Urbana will provide a Live Nativity for the community on Dec. 20 from 5-7 p.m. The safe, family-friendly Christmas event will be a drive-through experience in the north parking lot of 1500 N. Lincoln Ave. in Urbana. The church will tell the story of the birth […]
The St. Joseph Women’s Community Club is offering another holiday activity for the St. Joseph community while also supporting local restaurants that have been impacted by COVID-19 mitigations. The group has purchased $30 gift certificates from all of the 13 restaurants in St. Joseph and Ogden to be awarded to […]
The Illinois State High School Association (IHSA) board met virtually on Dec. 2 for an update session, where they discussed several topics, including the timeline of winter sports. They concluded that they do not expect low risk winter sports to begin prior to January with the state’s current Tier 3 […]
St. Joseph Women’s Club The St. Joseph Women’s Club works year round to provide food to those in need, to pay for AP tests for St. Joseph-Ogden students and to pay down lunch debt for SJ-O students so that they can eat during the school day. The St. Joseph Women’s […]
The number of active COVID-19 cases in zip code 61873, which includes St. Joseph, currently stands at 59 active, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District’s Nov. 30 statistics. Over the weekend, St. Joseph had 49 active cases on Nov. 29 and 52 on Nov. 28. Zip code 61859, including […]
