The Vermilion County Conservation District will host a free Wool Dyeing Demonstration in partnership with the Champaign-Urbana Spinners and Weavers on Sept. 18 at the Pioneer Homestead Cabin at the Forest Glen Forest Preserve between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The fiber artists will gather at the log cabin to […]
Thank you to Christie Clinic for sponsoring this St. Joseph-Ogden Football gallery. To see all the photos in gallery format visit https://sjodaily.smugmug.com/2021-St-Joseph-Ogden-Football-vs-Monticello/.
Gov. JB Pritzker has issued an indoor mask mandate, regardless of vaccination status, for all residents of Illinois beginning Aug. 30. Additionally, all healthcare workers, including nursing home employees, all pre-k-12 teachers and staff, as well as higher education personnel and students will now be required to receive the first […]
Ogden is gearing up for their annual Ogden Street Fest & Car Show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 28. The 2021 event will beat the heat with cold drinks, classic vehicles and prizes. All cars, trucks and motorcycles are welcome to register from 9 a.m. to noon […]
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation were joined by local officials and community leaders Monday to announce the start of construction on a new Interstate 57/74 interchange located in Champaign County. The $216.8 million project will rebuild the original interchange built more than 50 years ago, improve […]
Gov. JB Pritzker signed two bills Friday that update the state’s sex education standards in K-12 schools. In Illinois, public schools aren’t required to offer sex education courses. Earlier in the year, State Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) proposed sex ed be mandated, and that curriculum should be aligned with culturally […]
The FDA has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age […]
As the 2021-22 school year inches closer, the Illinois State Board of Education came out Thursday saying school districts cannot bypass the in-school mask mandate that the Illinois Department of Public Health released on Aug. 4. State Superintendent Dr. Carmen Ayala wrote to Illinois superintendents just one day after ISBE […]
It’s time to march forward. That’s the approach the Heritage High School marching band is taking as they approach the 2021 competition season. “Instead of looking for a negative and thinking about lost ground, we’re actively talking about this year as a big reset,” band director Justin Lee said. “The […]
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced that all daycare, Pre-K through 12th grade students will be required to wear masks during school hours during a press conference on Wednesday. “This [mask] requirement extends to P-12 sports. Face coverings will be required for all indoor recreation, whereas outdoors, where transmission risks and […]
