The St. Joseph Middle School eighth-grade boys’ basketball team changed one important component of its regimen this year: the practice routines. The change is something that led to a 21-2 record and a berth in the IESA Elite Eight. After defeating Oakwood 42-41 for the IESA Regional Championship and Monticello […]
It’s a quiet hobby, but it’s also a phenomenon. Bird watching and bird counting may seem like an activity for someone who has time to walk through the woods or sit near the bird feeder, but when programs like Backyard Bird Count come around each year, bird watching and counting […]
The students in the Heritage High School Choir love the experience they get day-to-day. “Because we attend such a small school and have such a small choir, we get individual attention and individual help, and I think that makes us all stronger,” Senior Sage Lundquist said. Under the direction of […]
Parkland College’s Dental Hygiene Clinic will host a free “Give Kids a Smile Day” dental clinic for youths ages 1–17 Saturday, Feb. 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Room L148. Treatment provided will consist of dental exams and cleanings, fluoride treatments, and educational activities for children. No appointment […]
There’s nothing like sitting down to breakfast with a plate of pancakes and some maple syrup. But making that syrup begins with a process that was first documented in North America by French explorer André Thévet in 1557. Today extracting sugar from maple trees isn’t something people think about; it’s […]
A four-year varsity career puts high school athletes on a path where they could potentially score 1,000 points during their time on the basketball court. Oakwood’s Kylie Neuman began her basketball career at Oakwood High School as a freshman on the varsity team. As an underclassmen, she contributed 12.1 points […]
Candy Foster is known throughout East Central Illinois for his velvet voice, contagious smile and his ability to get people out of their seats and onto the dance floor. But what many of his followers may not know is that he played a local role in the civil rights movement […]
Success of schools often relies on the backing of a community. Area residents will have an opportunity to support the Prairieview-Ogden School District on March 2 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. as the PVO PTO hosts its spring consignment sale that Saturday. The sale will be held at Prairieview-Ogden South […]
SJO Daily also reached out to St. Joseph Middle School’s seventh-grade boys’ basketball coach Wes Miller for an interview, too. With the quick turnaround of the Sectional Championship and the Elite 8 game on Friday, we were not able to get that interview in time. Whether the Panthers win or […]
There’s something lovely about being out in the country. Maybe it’s less traffic. Maybe it’s the fields. Maybe it’s the quiet. And maybe it’s the surprises. Visitors making their way to the Kickapoo State Recreation Area have noticed a little treasure at 9912 E 1980 North Rd just outside of […]
