Oakwood Grade School PTO has been given the green light to host a Color Run on August 15. The fundraiser, which is in its second year, will benefit Oakwood Grade School. The 3.1 mile run/walk will begin at Oakwood Park in Oakwood, Ill. with music and activities for the whole […]
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St. Joseph Board to discuss moratorium on food trucks until Phase 5 of Restore Illinois
The St. Joseph Village Board of Trustees will discuss a moratorium on food trucks at the July board meeting, according to Mayor Tami Fruhling-Voges. “We want to do everything right now to help our businesses to hang in there,” Fruhling-Voges said. She expects the moratorium to extend through the end […]
Illinois Schools Can Return to In-Person, State Provides Guidelines
Illinois school districts received the recommendations that they had been awaiting from the Illinois State Board of Education Tuesday. Gov. JB Pritzker recently released details for Phase 4 of Restore Illinois, which specifically stated that schools could re-engage after being closed since mid-March. ““Classroom learning provides necessary opportunities for our […]
More businesses to reopen in Phase 4, groups of 50 will be allowed
All regions of Gov. JB Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan have met the requirements to move into Phase 4 by June 26. In a press release, the Pritzker administration cited significant progress in reducing new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, with the average 7-day statewide case positivity rate falling to just […]
Stage 2 of Return to Play awaiting IDPH approval
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) released a draft for Stage 2 of Return to Play guidelines Wednesday. Currently, the plans are pending Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) approval. Stage 2 could begin as early as June 26 if the Phase 4 requirements of Restore Illinois are met throughout […]
Taking time to learn about Juneteenth
By Mariah Madison Although June 19th is recognized as a holiday in all states except four, a lot of people don’t know what Juneteenth is. Juneteenth is one of America’s oldest holidays and is observed each year on June 19 to mark the official end of slavery in the US. As an African […]
University of Illinois announces Fall 2020 plans
University of Illinois students received an update on fall 2020 classes Thursday. The plan is to resume with “a hybrid mixture of in-person and online classes.” “As a public land-grant university, it is our obligation to provide accessible and equitable research, creative expression and educational experiences for people from across […]
St. Joseph CCSD #169 moves money to repay bond, deal with COVID-19 expenses
St. Joseph CCSD #169 moved money around on Monday in order to begin paying back a $750,000 working cash bond that was issued in 2019 to pay for new roofing and repavement of the district’s parking lots. The repayment will take three years to complete, but because the district bought […]
Aliya Holloman to play basketball and softball at Trinity International
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Aliya Holloman didn’t get a chance to make a final impression on college coaches this spring. The Heritage High School softball season was canceled – as were all spring sports throughout the state – by the COVID-19 virus. Turns out the senior didn’t need any more […]
St. Joseph to celebrate Juneteenth with community march to Kolb Park
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Historical dates don’t always reflect reality. For example, children learn that slavery was abolished in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. But, because of the lack of Union soldiers in the Confederate state of Texas, approximately 250,000 persons were still enslaved, according to the […]
