There are two things I remember about snow as a child: one I considered good and the other I considered bad. We’ll start off with the bad. It seems it snowed more in rural Indiana in the 1980’s than it does now. The chance of a white Christmas was likely, […]
If you don’t know the story, you probably know of the image of six-year-old Ruby Bridges walking down the stairs outside of William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on Nov. 14, 1960. The small Black girl in a dress and cardigan was surrounded by three U.S. Marshalls when she […]
Oakwood’s Josh Young led the Comets with 14 points, taking a win over Georgetown Ridge Farm on Jan. 25. This isn’t the first time Young led the Comets in scoring. The 6’2” senior kicked off the season in double-digits: scoring 23 in a tough loss to St. Joseph-Ogden and 17 […]
Seventy-five years ago on Jan. 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated Auschwitz. Approximately 1.3 million Jews were sent to Auschwitz, the largest extermination camp run by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland. About 1.1 million of those people perished at the concentration camp, including 960,000 Jews. Under Hitler’s rule, 6 million […]
The College Board has announced that beginning in 2024 the portfolio of SAT tests will go all-digital. “The digital SAT will be easier to take, easier to give, and more relevant,” said Priscilla Rodriguez, vice president of College Readiness Assessments at College Board. “We’re not simply putting the current SAT […]
Junior Drew Williams is making his mark on the Heritage Basketball team this year. Williams kicked off the season, scoring 14 against Cerro Gordo, 18 against Blue Ridge, and 17 against Urbana Uni High. He’s also connected for 13 against Westville, 20 against Sullivan, 19 against Indiana School of Math […]
Like many white children in the 1980’s and 1990’s, I knew Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for calling on this nation to move towards a society where his children would “one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but […]
The SJO Daily acquired the EAV (Equalized Assessed Value) reports from the Champaign County Assessors office and the FY 2020 (payable in 2021) tax levy rates from the Champaign County Clerk’s office to make the following chart that shows tax rates and median home values for each school district in […]
Addie Wright scored 25 points in a 51-48 win over Milford late last week. This was the fourth 20-plus point game for Wright, who also scored 20 in a win against Villa Grove, 22 in a win over Hoopeston and 20 in a win over Bismark-Henning Rossville-Alvin. Wright has collected […]
Ty Pence reached 1,000 career points at St. Joseph-Ogden High School on Dec. 28 as the Spartans defeated Quincy Notre Dame 43-40. In his seventh 20-plus point game of the season, Pence scored 27 points and grabbed 4 rebounds against the Raiders. Pence went on to score 14 points against […]
