BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Spartans had their second-best defensive effort of the season on Saturday and opened Illini Prairie Conference play with a decisive 55-19 victory over visiting Chillicothe IVC. Payton Jacob tallied 14 points for SJ-O. Katie Cramer hit 10 points. Both players converted two three-point shots. Seven […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team started the New Year with a resounding victory at home on Friday. The Spartans overcame a 16-8 first-quarter deficit and handed visiting Cissna Park a 68-51 loss. SJ-O led at halftime, 31-28, and built its lead thereafter. Chance Izard was […]
Long Lane Honey Bee Farms, located at 14556 1020 East Rd. in Fairmount, will be hosting beekeeper workshops throughout 2020. Workshops are taught by David Burns, a Certified Master Beekeeper from the Eastern Apicultural Society with over 25 years of experience. Burns runs a turnkey beekeeping supply shop, maintains a […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The final installment in our series on all-decade athletic teams concludes today with the release of the elite spring-sport athletes. Before we get to the particular sports, we will recognize two athletes. The designation is for Male and Female Athlete of the Decade. In a sense, […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com New protections for the Mahomet Aquifer went into effect on Jan. 1. Senate Bill 2027, proposed by Illinois State Senator Scott Bennett, directs the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to prioritize landfills, especially those that have been unregulated or under-regulated, that sit above the Mahomet Aquifer […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com There is still time to register for the 36th annual Siberian Express on the Wild Wilderness Trail in Kickapoo State Park on Jan. 4, 2020. The 7.45 mile trail run is the first 2020 event of the Kennekuk Grand Slam sponsored by the Kennekuk Road Runners. […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Thoughts of gingerbread and sugar plums may be leaving the minds of St. Joseph residents, but the setting for a Christmas tale is coming to life at Geschenk Boutique and Coffee and Tea Haus located at 228 E Lincoln St. Robin Christian, a screenwriter who has […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com We unveiled our winter-sport all-decade teams on Monday. Today, we check in for the fall-sport all-decade teams. Two of the Heritage/Villa Grove girls listed for fall-sport recognition received similar honors for the winter-sport season. They are Aliya Holloman and Micaela Childress. Keep reading, however, because there […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com We unveiled our winter-sport all-decade teams on Monday. Today, we check in for the fall-sport all-decade teams. Seven of the St. Joseph-Ogden athletes listed for fall-sport recognition received similar honors for the winter-sport season. The six repeaters on the boys’ side are Andy Bensyl, Jack Cook, […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com I love traveling on an airplane. I’ve only traveled this way about a dozen times in my 40 years, but each time I get into the pressurized tube that will fly tens-of-thousands of feet above the Earth, I am overcome with the immense magic of what […]
