St. Joseph-Ogden Superintendent Brian Brooks emailed parents Friday with an update to plans for the 2020-21 school year. Brooks writes that the district’s goal is to get 100-percent of SJ-O students back in school every day as soon as possible. But, under the current guidance from the Illinois State Board […]
The Oakwood School District’s “Return to Learn” task force met Monday to finalize the plan that will be presented to the Oakwood School board on July 15. Using guidance from the Illinois State Board of Education, the initial draft focused on all day, in-person instruction, keeping the students and staff […]
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that repairs to two bridges on Interstate 74 in Champaign County begin July 14. The work is on the bridges that carry I-74 over Union Pacific railroad tracks just east of St. Joseph and will reduce the interstate to one lane in each direction. […]
A week after releasing Phase 4 Return to Play guidelines, the IHSA has amended the rules to align with directives from the Illinois Department of Public Health and Gov. JB Pritzker’s office. Teams were allowed to begin Phase 4 practice on July 6. IHSA’s executive director Craig Anderson announced […]
According to 2020 football schedules released by the IHSA, Oakwood is scheduled to begin their season at Iroquois West on Aug. 28 and finish at home against Hoopeston Area/Armstrong-Potomac on Oct. 23. The IHSA and IDPH approved participation in Phase 4 of the Return to Play plan Friday. OAKWOOD Aug. […]
According to 2020 football schedules released by the IHSA, Villa Grove/Heritage is scheduled to begin their season at home against Fisher on Aug. 28 and finish at home against Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond on Oct. 23. The IHSA and IDPH approved participation in Phase 4 of the Return to Play plan Friday. VILLA […]
According to 2020 football schedules released by the IHSA, St. Joseph-Ogden is scheduled to begin their season at Nashville on Aug. 28 and finish at home against Monticello on Oct. 23. St. Joseph-Ogden is also scheduled to host Unity at home on Sept. 18. The IHSA and IDPH approved participation […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health has approved the IHSA’s Phase 4 Return to Play plan. The plan can be instituted by local high schools on July 5. A few weeks ago, Phase 4 was designated as Stage 2, but IHSA has decided to match the verbiage used in the […]
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health Department will now include updates on active cases of COVID-19 by zip code to their website. Since March, CUPHD has kept Champaign County informed by providing demographics of total COVID-19 infections by zip code. The stats also shows cases by age and onset of symptoms. St. […]
The Champaign County Forest Preserve District is holding a virtual public meeting to seek input on the study being conducted to envision a new interpretive center at Homer Lake Forest Preserve. This meeting is the first public input session of the study, which will be completed in August 2020. The […]
