Almost always, tragedy strikes in an instant. One moment, the day seems like it will bleed into all of the other days, and then the very next moment, you know the days will never again be the same. This is what happened on May 29, 2013 when St Joseph’s Todd […]
*Picture left to right: Lexie Barrowman, Kylie Barrowman, Amelia Huckstadt By Jessica Peterson Last Saturday three of St. Joe’s fifth graders had a surprisingly successful lemonade stand out on the corner of Rosewood Drive. Amelia Huckstadt, 10, and sisters Lexie and Kylie Barrowman, who are both 11, found community members […]
The following listings were submitted to the SJO Daily. The list may not reflect all of the garage sales in the area from April 11 to April 13. To be included on this map and list, email dani@sjodaily.com. 207 S. Fourth St., St Joseph: Thursday 4/11 3pm-7pm, Friday 4/12 7am-7pm: […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Villa Grove/Heritage averted a shutout by scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on Monday, but they couldn’t overcome their deficit and dropped an 8-3 decision in baseball to Cumberland. Keagan Patterson had both of the Hawks’ hits. Ryan Cheatham had two RBI for […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Starting pitcher Andy Hohn — who didn’t retire a batter — stayed in the game and delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh inning on Tuesday as Oakwood rallied at home to edge Schlarman Academy 17-16 in a wild Vermilion Valley Conference baseball game. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden baseball coach Josh Haley picked up his 300th career win on Tuesday as the Spartans overpowered visiting Prairie Central by the 10-run rule, 13-3. SJ-O’s Nick Boggs had a single, a double and a home run, driving in seven runs in the milestone victory. Crayton […]
Illinois has joined Arkansas, California, Illinois, New Jersey,Massachusetts, Oregon, Hawaii, Maine, Utah, Washington and Virginia in raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed HB0345 bill (“Tobacco 21”), which restricts the sale of both tobacco and vaping products, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco, […]
Sewing, cooking, washing dishes and balancing a checkbook are often skill sets that are overlooked while subjects like math, science, reading and writing are focused on during a student’s education. But Paula Ziegler knows that when she retires from her time as the Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at the […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s Isiah McCune was the runner-up in the 3,200-meter race in Saturday’s boys’ track and field Rantoul Invitational. He was timed in 10 minutes, 9.96 seconds. The other Spartan to place among the top three was 200-meter sprinter Lane Gaskin. He was third in 22.87 seconds. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Samantha Campbell won the 800 meters on Friday in the girls’ Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Invitational. Her time was 2 minutes, 31.89 seconds. The other top placer for Villa Grove/Heritage was Meike Herbrandt, who was second in the 400 meters (1:05.40). Tuscola won team honors with 98 points. VG/Heritage was […]
