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 […]
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker began a tour of the state to tout the new state budget that lawmakers passed last week, stopping at two university campuses Wednesday to highlight the spending plan’s increased funding for higher education. “With this new budget, we’re […]
By Sarah Jo Bouton, PT; Christie Clinic Department of Physical Therapy According to the CDC, 28% of adults 65 years old or older had a fall last year. This results in 36 million adults who fall each year and about 37% of those who fall report some sort of injury […]
High Honors Freshmen Ames, Trevor Barrowman, Kylie Barrowman, Lexie Beyers, Kaitlyn Bird, Emily Blackburn-Kelley, Tim Bonny, Aiden Brooks, Addison Bytnar, Sara Campbell, Shelby Carlson, Jacob Carlson, William Chaudhary, Rudra Childers, Adelyn Ericksen, Katie Evans, Callie Getty, Abigail Getty, Camden Haley, William Harper, Zachary Hartman, Claire Huckstadt, Amelia Huckstadt, Lydia Jannusch, […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Things are not always how they seem. Taylor Voorhees’ final baseball season at St. Joseph-Ogden is the perfect example. The senior outfielder/designated hitter played in all 36 of the Spartans’ games this spring. Just three other teammates didn’t miss a game. He was second on the […]
