By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Zach Steele is learning quickly about the nuances of being a high school athletic director. “Scheduling events years from now has been something that I didn’t think I would have to do,” said Steele, who recently started his duties as the athletic director at Oakwood High […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com St. Joseph-Ogden Softball Four members of St. Joseph-Ogden’s 25-11 softball team were accorded some form of All-State mention on teams selected this week by the Illinois Coaches Association. Garnering first-team recognition for the second consecutive year was senior infielder Shayne Immke. She is a three-time honoree […]
By Dani Tietz A lot has changed since 1948. Phones weren’t available in every home. Televisions were housed in a large wooden cabinet. Many families only had one car available for work, errands, and recreation. In the 75 years that the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve has been open […]
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Monday that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books based on “partisan or doctrinal disapproval.” Speaking at the Harold Washington Library Center in downtown Chicago, Pritzker […]
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that the ramp from northbound Interstate 57 to westbound I-74 in Champaign will close the evening of June 13. The closure is necessary to begin the construction of a new I-74 bridge over I-57 as part of a larger project to rebuild the entire interchange. A […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com As an eighth-grader, Connor Hale played for the St. Joseph Junior High baseball team, which won an IESA Class 2A state championship. He was the winning pitcher in one of the three games the Panthers played at state. As a high school freshman at St. Joseph-Ogden, […]
By Dani Tietz The definition of family is often wide and deep. They are the people we spend the day-to-day with, the ones with whom we share our aspirations, the ones who cheer us on and help us solve problems. Families are the ones we share meals with, laugh and […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Adam Price graduated from St. Joseph-Ogden as one of the school’s all-time career leaders in several baseball categories. He has the No. 1 career batting average (.453), ranks third in RBI (89), third in doubles (29) and fifth in total hits (106). Unlike the majority of […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Basketball is a sport Timmy Wilson has played for as long as he can remember. “I have been playing basketball since I was born, it feels like,” Wilson said. Like many young and enthusiastic players, he dreamed big during his childhood when he thought about his […]
By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — In the final hours of their spring session last week, lawmakers approved a controversial measure that would give existing power companies in downstate Illinois, notably Ameren Illinois, the first crack at installing new transmission lines. The measure applies to companies that […]
