There are 61 schools in Champaign County with a little more than 25,000 students in grades K-12. But only one educational entity in Champaign County has all those students, their parents, their grandparents and their great-grandparents in mind: the Museum of the Grand Prairie. Each year the Museum hosts exhibits, […]
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St. Joseph Middle School cross country at Mahomet-Seymour 2020
St. Joseph Middle School ran at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High on Aug. 31. These photos are provided through sponsorship by Jones Optical. Click here to see the photo gallery and order individual pictures:https://sjodaily.smugmug.com/2020-St-Joseph-Middle-School-Cross-Country-vs-M-S/.
Bismark Henning at Oakwood Junior High softball 2020
Bismark Henning played at Oakwood Junior High Aug. 31. These photos are provided through the sponsorship of Jones Optical. Click here to see the photo gallery and order individual pictures:https://sjodaily.smugmug.com/2020-Bismark-Henning-Softball/.
Oakwood Junior High Softball vs. Bismark Henning 2020
The Oakwood Knights hosted Bismark Henning on Aug. 31. Jones Optical has sponsored the following photos. Click here to see the photo gallery and order individual pictures: https://sjodaily.smugmug.com/2020-Oakwood-Softball/.
IDPH voting guidance specifies social distancing, recommends masks
By REBECCA ANZEL Capitol News Illinois ranzel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Public Health has released in-person voting guidelines for election authorities to curb the spread of COVID-19 this year. Changes announced last week include moving polling locations from senior living facilities, maintaining social distancing for voters and workers, creating outdoor […]
Registration for Electronic Recycle Event opens Sept. 1
The Champaign County fall Residential Electronics Collection Event will take place on Friday, October 9, 2020 from 1pm to 3pm and Saturday, October 10, 2020 from 8am to noon at Parkland College, 2400 W. Bradley Ave, Champaign. Parkland is only the host site, and will not be able to answer […]
St. Joseph sees uptick in COVID-19 cases
The Village of St. Joseph is currently experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases, according to the Champaign-Urbana Public Health Department’s website. On Aug. 18, CUPHD reported that one active case (29 total) of COVID-19 was in the zip code 61873. On Aug. 31 CUPHD reports 12 COVID-19 cases (41 total) […]
Montgomery leads VGH runners in Saber Corn Classic
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com The Blue Devils took ninth in their season-opening meet on Saturday, the Saber Corn Classic at St. Thomas More. Lilli Montgomery led all VG/H runners, finishing the 3-mile course in 22 minutes, 3.9 seconds. She placed 22nd. The team’s other participants were Hailey Stutz (51st in […]
Freshmen Zach Ruwe finishes strong at Saber Corn Classic
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Ninth-grader Zach Ruwe paced the Blue Devils in Saturday’s first race of the season, the Saber Corn Classic at St. Thomas More. Ruwe covered the 3-mile course in 17 minutes, 39.3 seconds and ended 18th. “A great start for a freshman in his first high school […]
Block and Clodfelder lead Villa Grove/Heritage in first two meets of 2020
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Blue Devils had different scoring leaders in each of its first two meets. Kyleigh Block’s 59 led VG/H in its opener, a 251-256 loss to Okaw Valley at Eagle Creek. Other team leaders were Maci Clodfelder (62), Alison Pangburn (67), Logan Lillard (68), Ava Vollmer […]