Emilie Fox was inspired by her Prairieview-Ogden Music teacher Jennifer Anderson. Anderson died April 2 after a six-year battle with pancreatic cancer but her influence lives on in Fox’s Gold Award Project for Girl Scouts. Anderson was Fox’s music teacher at PVO and encouraged her to continue music in high school […]
Author: Nora Maberry-Daniels
Hoveln’s impact on SJO lands him in Hall of Fame
Les Hoveln graduated from St. Joseph-Ogden in 1980 after being born and raised in Royal by Harold and Darlene Hoveln. This Friday he will be inducted into the high school’s Hall of Fame. “There have been a lot of great athletes that have gone thru SJO so to be nominated for […]
Heritage Fine Arts Program to visit the “Big Apple”
Heritage Fine Arts is going to the Big Apple. In 2020. However, the group is starting to plan now. Fine Arts Director Justin Lee said that just after Memorial Day in 2020 the group will board a bus and head east. “While there, we will experience as much as possible,” […]
Class of 1988 to celebrate 30 years this weekend
This weekend the St. Joseph-Ogden Class of 1988 will be celebrating their 30th class reunion. The class, which had 124 students, was the biggest class that had graduated at the time, said reunion co-organizer Kelly Reinhold Vogel. The class has a weekend full of activities planned based around the SJO […]
County Zoning Board to discuss zoning for solar farms near St. Joseph
Three proposed solar farms near St. Joseph will be before the Champaign County Zoning Board of Appeals within the next few weeks. The farm located north of the St. Joseph Sportsmans Club will be presented to the on Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Brookens Center located at 1776 […]
FFA program kicks of new school year with excitement and a new greenhouse
The St Joseph-Ogden FFA has had a busy few weeks since school started. On Sept. 12, SJO FFA students helped at Carle’s Progressive Agriculture Safety Days held at Gordyville. More than 500 students in Pre-K through eighth grade from St. Malachy, Thomasboro and Gifford participated in the event. During the […]
Clean drug sweep at St. Joseph-Ogden High School
The Champaign County Sheriff’s Department conducted a routine search of St. Joseph-Ogden High School today. School Resource Officer Alicia Maxey said canines were walked past all the lockers in the school by their handlers. The hallways and locker rooms were searched. “We did not have any positive alerts today,” Maxey […]
Homer Auxillary recognized for participation in Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Program
The Homer American Legion Auxiliary Unit 290 has been recognized for their participation in the Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Program. The group attended the Department Convention in Springfield where they were awarded the best overall participation in the Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Program. They were also awarded runner-up for best […]
SJO Athletic Fundraisers prove successful
St. Joseph-Ogden High School changed the way it did athletic fundraisers in 2015 and continued with the winning formula this year. Instead of each athletic program running their own fundraiser and selling everything from cookie dough to coupon books, all student-athletes participate in one fundraiser. Each student-athlete is given 11 […]
Gallo Dance Studio has sights set on national title
The dancer at the Gallo Dance Studio has one goal for the upcoming season. Make it back to nationals and win another national title. The studio had multiple dancers compete at the Groove Dance Competition this summer and brought home six national titles. Dance instructor Sophia Hodges said the trip […]
