By Dani Tietz While teachers usually get to spend a year or two, the time high school guidance counselors get to spend with those same students spans four years. While it may not be the same day-to-day interaction teachers have, guidance counselors are responsible for making sure each student is […]
By Dani Tietz Teaching elementary school was a dream come true for Beverly Pridemore. “I really couldn’t imagine doing anything else,” she said. “It is all I pretended to be as a child. It sounds cliche, but I wanted to make a difference. Like many of my colleagues, I was […]
By Dani Tietz The world is full of wonder. This is just one of the things St. Joseph-Ogden High School Science Teacher Stacey Kietzman wanted students to know. Those lessons happened both inside and outside of the classroom. Keitzman focused on anatomy and biology, teaching students about the world around […]
By Dani Tietz Thirty years with the Oakwood School District will come to an end for Oakwood High School Counselor Dawn Lee as the 2022-23 school year comes to an end. Lee followed her high school interests of psychology and social work, joining the Oakwood High School staff in 1993. […]
HONOR ROLL Heritage Junior High has compiled the list of honor roll students for the fourth quarter. A student must have a 3.67 grade point or above for high honors, and 3.0 grade point or above for honors. Following is a list of students who earned high honors and honors: […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s Comets were limited to one hit – a single – and dropped a 15-0 decision to Bloomington Central Catholic on Wednesday (May 24) in the IHSA baseball Class 2A sectional semifinals at Decatur’s Millikin University. Bryson Marcinko was the lone Oakwood player with a hit. He […]
By JERRY NOWICKI, HANNAH MEISEL & PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com UPDATE: The budget was filed as a 3,409-page amendment to Senate Bill 250 late Wednesday evening. This story has been updated to reflect the latest developments as of Wednesday night. SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic leaders announced Wednesday they’ve agreed […]
The Champaign-Urbana Elks 2497 in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corporation will sponsor a free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The clinic is from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM and is by appointment only. To make an appointment call the Illinois Elks Children’s Care […]
By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Catholic dioceses in Illinois failed to disclose hundreds of abusive clerics before the state opened what would become a yearslong investigation into sex abuse within the church, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday. Included in a scathing 700-page report published by Raoul’s office […]
By Fred Kroner Seventh-grader Vivian Smith placed fourth in the discus for St. Joseph in the IESA girls’ Class 3A state track and field meet, which ended on Saturday (May 20) at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Smith’s top mark was 84 feet, 2 inches. She was one of […]
