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 […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Trevan Garrett’s basketball season continued on Sunday. The Oakwood High School senior was one of the selections for the east central Illinois team in the ninth -annual boys’ Battle of the Border all-star contest. Garrett was in the starting lineup for the victorious Illinois team, which outscored […]
*Back row from left to right : Lyla F., Zoe H., Haley R., Hallie C.Front row from left to right: Page S., Lexi W. and Olivia S. It doesn’t take much to give back to the world. This is what seven girls in the Girl Scout Troop 2249 have learned […]
There’s nothing that brings people together quite like music. And that’s what St. Joseph resident Vinny Santanelli loves to do with his guitar, harmonica and soulful songs. Santanelli grew up on the east coast with a musical family. “I was surrounded by music growing up,” he said. “I started on […]
By Jessica Schluter From taking her dad’s camera to shoot pictures of her friends, to becoming a professional photographer and the person behind the a national sandwich brand’s Instagram account, Anna Longworth has always had a creative mind. Longworth grew up and went to school in St. Joseph but now […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden and Mahomet-Seymour settled for a 2-2 draw on Monday in a non-conference baseball game at St. Joseph called by darkness after eight innings. SJ-O’s six-hit attack was led by Sam Wesley with two hits. Crayton Burnett drove in both SJ-O runs with a second-inning single […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Melanie Smithenry had three extra-base hits and Aliya Holloman had two extra-base hits on Monday as the Heritage Hawks won a softball game at home against Hutsonville/Palestine, 10-6. Gracyn Allen picked up the pitching win, allowing one run and striking out six in six innings. Holloman had […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Salt Fork snapped a 1-1 tie with a seven-run fourth inning on Wednesday and went on to dispatch the Comets 9-3 in a Vermilion Valley Conference baseball game in Fithian. Oakwood (3-5) was led by Elijah Harden with two hits. Harden, Brady Howard and Josh Young all […]
St. Joseph Annual Easter Egg HuntApril 13 from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Hackler ParkThe 2019 Easter Egg Hunt will be April 13th at Hackler Park (formerly Crestwood Park). This is free but be sure to arrive early so that all participants are prepared to hunt on time. The hunt […]
