BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com There’s something about being part of a team. It gives an athlete something to work for and towards. It is a place to belong and to grow. Sometimes teams are a support system for a moment and other times that support system lasts a lifetime. Ogden’s […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The last year has not been what 13-year old Brayden Mincey expected it to be. “He is a wonderful, smart, sweet kid that is friends with everyone,” his aunt Lindsey Messmore said. “He is laid back, calm and focused. He loves to play video games and […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com A few months ago, newcomers to the Oakwood Comets Youth Football League Peanut team had trouble holding their heads up with a football helmet on. But on Saturday, the team comprised of five-, six- and seven-year-old athletes, will hold their heads up high as they face […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Who doesn’t enjoy pancakes on a Sunday morning? Whether a farmer is looking to fill up before going into the fields or a family is hungry after church, the Prairieview-Ogden Junior High girls’ basketball team will be serving pancakes from 8 a.m. to noon on Oct. […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The St. Joseph Junior High girls’ cross-country team finished third in Saturday’s 14-school Monticello Invitational at Lodge Park. Meet champion Unity had 26 points. St. Joseph had 87 points. The school had two finishers among the top 15. Savanna Franzen was fourth individually, running the 2-mile […]
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that all ramps on Interstate 74 at exit 200 (Fithian/Illinois 49) will close Monday, Oct. 7. The closure is necessary to accommodate reconstruction of the ramps and is expected to last through Oct. 9. A marked detour will be posted. Motorists can expect delays […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com In 1988, Oakwood High School’s seventeen-year-old Philip Huchel had one thing on his mind: game day. It meant everything. Now, 30 years later, as the 1988 Oakwood Football team prepares to be honored at Friday night’s football game against Georgetown-Ridge farm, what Huchel remembers is the […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com What can seventh- and eighth-grade students who attend school while surrounded by corn and soybean fields learn about agriculture? According to Mallory Knight, whom the Prairieview-Ogden School District recently brought on staff to teach agriculture to the middle school-aged students once a week for 45 minutes, […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com It’s easy to know where a runner is headed as they set off on a running course. The starting and finish lines are well-marked. There are cones, arrows and, at times, a pacer vehicle to lead the way. Participants may falter, catch their breath or hold […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Mothers show love in many different forms. Fithian’s Kim Marsh will always cherish the quilts her mother gave her, and will hold them as a reminder of her mother’s love. Holding her mother’s memory near, Marsh is ready to share her mother’s passion for fabric with […]
