Ava Mills Dance (4 years), We The People, Maroon Platoon, Spanish Club Ava lives with her family in Ogden. She and her two sisters are triplets. Her main hobby is dance. She spends a lot of time at the dance studio in St. Joseph. Ava’s greatest memories at SJO also […]
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Pre-pandemic Champaign County Home Sales Rise Along with Prices
The Champaign County Association of Realtors (CCAR) is reporting strong activity early in March prior to the global coronavirus pandemic slowdown. Champaign County area home sales rose 12.06 percent compared to March 2019 while there were also increases in both median and average home sale prices. CCAR reported there were […]
Champaign County Forest Preserve cancels May programming and several camps, awaits Gov. decision for golf
April 22, 2020 – In anticipation of an extension of Illinois’ stay-at-home order and restrictions on gatherings, the Champaign County Forest Preserve District has now canceled all on-site public programs through the end of May. This cancellation includes the highly popular, heavily attended Bird Migration Fest and Take Me Fishing […]
St. Joseph-Ogden Senior Spotlight: Lexi Ribbe, Payton Grimsley, Ally Monk and Bradley Harrison
Lexi Ribbe Cheer (2 years), Dance (1 year), Maroon Platoon, Maroon Platoon Leader, Advisory Mentoring Program, Spanish Club Lexi lives in St. Joseph with her family. She has one older brother. Her hobbies include traveling, walking, shopping, listening to music, and spending time with family and friends. Lexi has a […]
St. Joseph-Ogden Senior Spotlight: Konnor George, Anna Tranel, Lacey Kaiser and Jaden Miller
Konnor George FFA Konnor lives in St. Joseph with his family. He has four siblings: one older sister, two younger sisters, and one younger brother. His hobbies revolve around music, and Konnor really enjoys playing the guitar. His greatest memory at SJO was Homecoming during his freshman year. After high […]
Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 22, 2020
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing two new cases today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 98 cases. In addition, we are reporting one more death in Champaign County. This person was a […]
Katelyn Young encourages athletes to take a chance
Oakwood’s Katelyn Young knows what it means to take a chance. The chance she took in joining the Comets’ track and field team in the spring of 2017 paid off exponentially. “I did track in middle school, but once I got to high school I decided to play softball because […]
IHSA cancels spring state tournaments, remains open to possibility of spring sport game this summer
The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors announced its decision to cancel all IHSA spring state tournaments Tuesday. The decision to cancel the spring state tournaments comes in conjunction with Friday’s (April 17) announcement by Governor Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education that all Illinois high schools […]
Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 21, 2020
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing one new case today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 96 cases. There have been a total of four COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of […]
SJ-O family atmosphere helped propel Hannah Rajlich in running career
Sometimes a brother’s influence can be a good thing. St. Joseph-Ogden’s Hannah Rajlich wouldn’t have found her passion for running had her brother not nudged her towards cross-country when she was in the fifth grade. “I was never actually interested in the sport beforehand, but my brother forced me to […]