BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Zach Buesing has shot in the 30s in each of his first three meets of the season. He totaled a 39 in the opener at Eagle Creek against Okaw Valley on Thursday, Aug. 20. Other team leaders in the meet were Liam Barr (55), Noah Davison […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Three sophomores competed for the Comets in the opening meet on Saturday (Aug. 29), the Saber Corn Classic at St. Thomas More, but Oakwood did not have enough runners to be scored as a team. Allie Morris was the team leader, handling the 3-mile course in […]
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Comets opened their season on Saturday (Aug. 29) by placing seventh in the 11-school Saber Corn Classic at St. Thomas More. Senior Eli Ronk and freshman Alec Harrison were the top Oakwood runners. Ronk finished the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 28.2 seconds and placed […]
By Fred Kroner fred@mahometnews.com Reed Sperry was Oakwood’s medalist in the Comets’ first meet on Tuesday (Aug. 25) at Danville’s Harrison Park. Sperry carded a 47, two shots better than teammate Travis Goodner. Watseka (196) was the meet winner followed by Milford (205), Oakwood (207) and Westville (208).
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Medalist Riley Myren and runner-up Ty Pence helped the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ golf team to a dual-meet victory over Fisher on Thursday (Aug. 27) at Willow Pond, in Rantoul. Myren fired a 44 to beat Pence by three shots. SJ-O topped Fisher, 188-199. Other Spartan participants […]
Students at Oakwood Grade School will be learning remotely for three days as local public health officials work to identify students and staff who were exposed to COVID-19 after “individual(s)” tested positive on Aug. 29, a letter from Superintendent Larry Maynard said Sunday. “ The health and safety of Oakwood […]
Heritage High School’s Julianne Harper may be approaching her senior year of high school under different terms than she’d imagined, but she knows that the principles she grew up with still apply. All 2020 marching band competitions have been canceled, but Harper will still lead the 2020-21 Heritage band both […]
The Village of Ogden noted water pressure issues on Aug. 28 prior to placing a boil order in effect until further notice.
By REBECCA ANZEL Capitol News Illinois ranzel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — Illinois residents should expect fewer road repairs, community programs and other local government-provided services and higher locally-imposed tax rates as officials struggle with COVID-19-induced revenue shortfalls, a municipal government advocacy group warned this week. According to a survey conducted by the Illinois Municipal […]
Fred Kroner isn’t done telling stories. After more than 50 years of work at The Champaign-Urbana Morning Courier, The Springfield State-Journal Register, The Bloomington Daily Pantagraph, The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, the Mahomet Citizen and the Mahomet Daily, Kroner has also published five books highlighting everything from the Eastern Illinois Baseball League […]
