By Fred Kroner Travis Tiernan earned his school-record 10th pitching victory of the season on Monday (May 15), working three innings of relief as Oakwood held off Heyworth, 3-2, in a non-conference baseball game on the road. Tiernan (10-0) allowed two hits and no walks. He struck out four hitters. […]
By Fred Kroner Top-seeded St. Joseph-Ogden was dealt a season-ending Class 2A regional semifinal baseball loss at home by ninth-seeded Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, 4-2, on Wednesday (May 16) at Meier Field. SJ-O had beaten the Blue Devils, 9-2, in the regular season. The Spartans jumped into a 2-0 lead after three innings […]
By NIKA SCHOONOVER & ANDREW ADAMS nschoonover@capitolnewsillinois.com aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Victims of “deepfake porn” and “doxing” would have a legal pathway to sue their perpetrators in Illinois under a pair of digital privacy measures that have so far received unanimous support in the General Assembly. House Bill 2954, which would […]
By ANDREW ADAMS & HANNAH MEISEL aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – As the General Assembly prepares to wrap up its spring legislative session this week, Democratic lawmakers are advancing a bill that would mandate job postings to include a salary range in a move they say would promote equity within the […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph’s eighth-grade boys’ track and field team produced sectional champions in four individual events and won team honors on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA Class 3A Newton Sectional. St. Joseph amassed 70 points. Runner-up Toledo Cumberland had 48 points and third-place Tolono Unity ended with […]
By Fred Kroner St. Joseph had state-qualifiers from its seventh- and eighth-grade teams for the IESA Class 3A girls’ track and field state meet based on sectional results from Saturday (May 13) at Newton. Two seventh-graders advanced in the 800-meter race as Avarie Dietiker ran second (personal-best 2 minutes, 39.86 […]
By Fred Kroner Thanks to the exploits of Clark Roland, the Heritage eighth-grade boys’ track and field team finished 14th in the IESA Class 1A state meet on Saturday (May 13) at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Roland was a three-event placer, highlighted by a second-place finish in the […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage seventh-grade 400-meter relay foursome of Willa Tatman, Reaghan Stierwalt, Leah DelRossi and Ryann McComas finished 12th on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA girls’ Class 1A state meet at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Their combined time was 57.73 seconds.
By Fred Kroner Oakwood seventh-grader Nathan Young won the IESA Class 2A seventh-grade high jump state title on Saturday (May 13) in the boys’ track and field finals at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Young cleared 5 feet 7 inches, setting a state record in the process. Young was […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s Taylor Wells recorded the top 800-meter time of her career on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA girls’ Class 1A seventh-grade state track and field meet at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. She ran the race in 2:38.63, an improvement of nearly 7 ½ seconds […]
