SJO Daily

By Fred Kroner For the third time this season, Ty Pence and Logan Smith hit the 20-point mark in the same game on Friday (Jan 27) as the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ basketball team topped visiting Monticello, 66-53, in an Illini Prairie Conference contest. Pence totaled a game-high 23 points. Smith […]

This photo album of Oakwood & Salt Fork wrestling is brought to you by Christie Clinic. Amanda Sullivan Wells was the photographer. To view the entire album visit https://sjodaily.smugmug.com/OSF-Wrestling-vs-Monticello/.

By Fred Kroner Seventh-seeded Villa Grove needed overtime on Tuesday (Jan. 24) to turn back Heritage, 65-55, in a consolation bracket game in the Lincoln Prairie Conference boys’ basketball tournament at Argenta. Timmy Wilson led the Hawks with 15 points. Julliyan Gray registered 13 points and Drew Williams chipped in […]

By Fred Kroner Addie Wright tallied a season-high 26 points on Monday (Jan. 23), but Oakwood came up on the short end of a 66-46 score at home in a girls’ basketball game against Vermilion Valley Conference rival Cissna Park. The visitors took a 34-20 halftime lead. With Wright making […]

By Fred Kroner For the third time in the past eight games – covering all of the games played in 2023 – the Oakwood Comets boys’ basketball team matched its highest scoring output of the season on Tuesday (Jan. 24), running past visiting Georgetown-Ridge Farm, 77-44. Incredibly, the game was […]

By Fred Kroner Senior Taylor Hug and junior Addy Martinie sparked a massive St. Joseph-Ogden comeback on Monday (Jan. 23) that resulted in the Spartans claiming a girls’ basketball win at home over Mattoon, 52-49. Mattoon held a 32-19 halftime lead before Hug and Martinie helped SJ-O roar into a […]

By Fred Kroner Ty Pence popped in a game-high 30 points on Tuesday (Jan. 24) as St. Joseph-Ogden blitzed St. Thomas More, 59-28, in an Illini Prairie Conference boys’ basketball game in Champaign. Pence hit four three-point shots and also pulled down a team-high five rebounds. Tanner Jacob added eight […]

Just days before the first substantial snow of 2023 covered the ground, the Champaign County Forest Preserve placed 30 decorated snowflakes in each of their parks for guests to find. The “CCFPD Snowflake Search” will run through February. The forest preserve district used wood from down forest trees to make […]

CHAMPAIGN, IL – The Illini District Dental Society will sponsor Give Kids A Smile® (GKAS) Day on Saturday, February 11, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Parkland College Dental Hygiene Clinic located at 2400 W. Bradley in Champaign. The event is part of the Children’s Dental Access Program through the American Dental […]

The following are closures in the St. Joseph, Ogden, Homer and Oakwood areas on Jan. 25, 2023. This list will be updated as additional information is available. Closed:Heritage School DistrictParkland CollegePrairieview-Ogden School DistrictSt. Joseph CCSD #169St. Joseph-Ogden High School E-Learning DayOakwood School District