In honor of their outstanding scholastic achievement, the following students have been named to the Parkland College Dean’s List for spring 2020. To make the list, students must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 grade scale for the semester in which they are being honored. Students […]
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St. Joseph-Ogden’s Brendan Cooperider leaves will heart full of memories
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com They’d worked with their hearts set on one thing: making it to Peoria to play in the Class 2A IHSA state championship baseball game. Instead, St. Joseph-Ogden’s Brendan Cooperider saw that everything they were working toward was really already right there. “The Spartan baseball program has […]
St. Joseph Peaceful Protest for Equality to be held on June 5
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com Wednesday began as any typical Wednesday for St. Joseph’s Jon Arteaga . He woke up at his mom’s house, just sitting around. But on this Wednesday, there was a spark inside him, suggesting that he needed to do something to show that people in St. Joseph […]
Oakwood’s Grace Davis commits to Danville Area Community College
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com Discipline has paid off for Oakwood’s Grace Davis. After missing out on participating in track and field her senior year, Davis signed with Danville Area Community College’s cross country program at the end of May. Davis capped off her senior year on the Oakwood/Salt Fork cross […]
University of Illinois task force makes recommendations for fall 2020
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com A University of Illinois’ COVID-19 task force has proposed that fall semester begins as scheduled on August 24 with face-to-face instruction and begin online instruction beginning at Fall Break on November 21. The committee was formed in April by Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost […]
Oakwood High School announces 2019-2020 second semester Honor Roll
High Honors 9th Grade Makenzie Bonebright Jarron Fleming Cassandra Fugate Mason Goodner Lacey Harrison Austin Jones Kyle McFarland Allie Morris Ashton Morris Grant Powell Audrey Schnaus Kalie Tison Livia Webb Addie Wright 10th Grade Beth Bland Madison Doan Joseph Lashuay Austin McDaniel Jacob Paris Ashlynn Pinnick Katie Reffett Carlie Reitz […]
Bruce and Patricia Rape take friends on stay-at-home wine tour
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com The summer months will look a little different for St. Joseph’s Patricia and Bruce Rape. Normally, the couple who has been married nearly five decades would spend the warm months looking out over vineyards, sharing glasses of wine with friends and bringing friends into their home. […]
In conference call, Pritzker tells Trump his rhetoric is ‘making it worse’ as protests rage on
Trump tells governors ‘you have to do retribution’ in response to destructive actions at protests By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — A conference call between U.S. governors and Republican President Donald Trump led to the latest in a series of spats between Illinois’ governor and the president […]
Commentary: Don’t Fear Vote by Mail. It’s Pretty Great.
By Ben Chapman It wasn’t the first time that one of President Trump’s tweets left me scratching my head. He was ranting about vote by mail, an election administration topic that had, in recent years, been a subject of relatively tame discussion. “Republicans should fight very hard when it comes […]
Oakwood Public Library reopens June 1
The Oakwood Public Library will reopen its door Monday, June 1 at 9 a.m. under Restore Illinois Phase 3 guidance. Hours will be Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. The library will operate on temporary rules: 1. Mask must be worn […]
