The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that pavement repairs on Interstate 74 between High Cross Road and Prospect Avenue will begin Monday, Aug. 5. The work involves milling and resurfacing from High Cross Road to east of Cunningham Avenue in Urbana and microsurfacing from Cunningham Avenue to west of Prospect […]
BY ADAM BALDWIN *The following piece is written in paid partnership. Baldwin Bytes owner Adam Baldwin will continue to provide computer-related content on a monthly basis. In today’s world of computers, security is a number one issue for most users and parents’ whose children are computer users. Even though computers […]
BY HEATHER WANNIGER *This guide and advertisement is not in paid partnership, but rather, professional friendship. Thank you to Heather Wanniger for helping with content while the SJO Daily staff takes time to do some website maintenance. As we are nearing the end of summer and thinking about your back […]
BY ERINN MILLER Junior and senior year of high school can be extremely stressful. Besides balancing schoolwork, extracurriculars, and social life, students also have to think about their future. Choosing which path to take after graduating can be especially daunting for students wanting to pursue a degree because there are […]
BY JASON SCHIFO We hear a lot about “fake news” these days, and I think we all would agree that fake news is, well, bad news. This is important to all of us, and especially for those of us who call ourselves Christians. Those who have a clear message of […]
BY NANCY KIDD Step one foot inside most big box stores and there’s no denying it: the summer is almost over, and a new school year will soon be upon us. The aisles of those businesses are overflowing with school supplies. There are lunch boxes, backpacks, colored markers and pens, […]
BY JESSICA SCHLUTER When Kelly Cooper was running for Village of Ogden Trustee in May of 2017, one of her promises was that she would help bring a community festival back to the town. It had been a few years since they had anything like that in town. “I wanted […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Prairie A’s Antique Ford Club will host Antique Ford Day in St. Joseph on August 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Owners of antique Fords, including Model A and Model T Fords, whether original or restored, shiny or rusty are invited to bring their vehicle […]
Mission work resides in the hearts of many St. Joseph United Methodist Church members and regular attendees. The most visible new example of that happens monthly. “We are blessed with the awesome volunteer power we have to run our new food-distribution ministry,” co-organizer Nada Cagle said. “We’re glad people who […]
BY KELLY SKINNER Ever feel like you need a change of pace and a new view? Last weekend, I made my husband take us on a day trip to Arthur, Ill. It’s kind of a running joke between us. We’ve lived in this area for 12 years and I’ve always […]
