By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Villa Grove/Heritage Girls’ basketball The Blue Devils (13-3) won four of their five games in the BSN Classic, at Bismarck, and placed second. VG/H capped its performance with a final-game 52-33 triumph over a Unity team it had lost to earlier in the month by four […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Girls’ basketball The Spartans won three of four games at the State Farm Classic, taking fifth place in a tournament where none of the games were decided by more than eight points. In Saturday’s fifth-place game at Bloomington High School, SJ-O (13-4) trailed after […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Oakwood Girls’ basketball The Comets won their last three games in the State Farm Classic and emerged as the consolation bracket champions. After a 51-43 loss to Annawan in the first round, Oakwood ended the calendar year with a three-game winning streak. The team defeated El […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Twenty years ago, I was tasked with a challenge that was nothing less than daunting. My superiors at The News-Gazette asked me to select an all-decade team. They limited the choices to those individuals who had attended high school or junior college in Vermilion County. As […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Twenty years ago, I was tasked with a challenge that was nothing less than daunting. My superiors at The News-Gazette asked me to select an all-decade team. They limited the choices to those individuals who had attended high school or junior college in Vermilion County. As […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Twenty years ago, I was tasked with a challenge that was nothing less than daunting. My superiors at The News-Gazette asked me to select an all-decade team for the 1990s. They limited the choices to those individuals who had attended high school or junior college in […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Illinois motorists will see an increase in fees associated with vehicle registration and traffic offenses in 2020. Motorists saw the first part of the “Rebuild Illinois” capital bill, which passed in the Illinois House and Senate to rebuild roads, bridges, public schools and university buildings throughout […]
The Village of St. Joseph will be picking up your Christmas trees during a special collection week on January 13 – January 17, 2020. Here are a few guidelines to follow: Curbside pick-up Remove all Christmas decorations Do not put a plastic slipcover on your tree Protect your tree from […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Santa has come, the presents have been unwrapped and the family ornaments have been taken off the tree. Those with an artificial tree will pack it up for next year, while those with a live tree figure out what to do next. The sooner a live […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Maybe the gymnasium at Bellflower Elementary School should have been torn down years ago. The bleachers are shallow, the gym floor isn’t sticky, the small windows are covered with black plastic, the ceiling paint is peeling and the only sign hanging on the walls lets spectators know that the Dragons […]
