By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com A slow start didn’t translate into a slow finish on Monday for the state-ranked St. Joseph-Ogden girls’ basketball team. Playing the host school in the Class 2A sectional semifinals at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, SJ-O trailed 9-0 before Hannah Dukeman’s perimeter prowess got the Spartans rolling and on their […]
Instead of spending her retirement on the beach or gardening, St. Joseph resident Jan Aten had another idea. She wanted to start a restaurant. As a 16-year old, Aten worked at Mr. Steak in Urbana before taking on various jobs in different kitchens before she landed as a manager at […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Basketball and success have been synonymous for the Trimble family for more than 60 years. St. Joseph-Ogden senior Bree Trimble is carrying on a long-established family legacy with a state-ranked team that is seeking the school’s first sectional championship in the sport since she was in kindergarten. […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Oakwood/Salt Fork senior Mason Ajster was one of the standouts Saturday at Carterville’s Class 1A wrestling sectional tournament. Ajster competed four times in the two-day event. He pinned all four opponents, including one in 55 seconds. Most significant is who Ajster pinned. He pinned opponents who wound […]
The St. Joseph Middle School eighth-grade boys’ basketball team changed one important component of its regimen this year: the practice routines. The change is something that led to a 21-2 record and a berth in the IESA Elite Eight. After defeating Oakwood 42-41 for the IESA Regional Championship and Monticello […]
It’s a quiet hobby, but it’s also a phenomenon. Bird watching and bird counting may seem like an activity for someone who has time to walk through the woods or sit near the bird feeder, but when programs like Backyard Bird Count come around each year, bird watching and counting […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden won its 11th consecutive game on Tuesday and secured a berth in tonight’s championship game of the Unity Class 2A girls’ basketball regional. The Spartans eliminated Monticello (10-17) 51-27 in a regional semifinal game. Bree Trimble hit a game-high 22 points and Hannah Dukeman added […]
The students in the Heritage High School Choir love the experience they get day-to-day. “Because we attend such a small school and have such a small choir, we get individual attention and individual help, and I think that makes us all stronger,” Senior Sage Lundquist said. Under the direction of […]
Parkland College’s Dental Hygiene Clinic will host a free “Give Kids a Smile Day” dental clinic for youths ages 1–17 Saturday, Feb. 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Room L148. Treatment provided will consist of dental exams and cleanings, fluoride treatments, and educational activities for children. No appointment […]
There’s nothing like sitting down to breakfast with a plate of pancakes and some maple syrup. But making that syrup begins with a process that was first documented in North America by French explorer André Thévet in 1557. Today extracting sugar from maple trees isn’t something people think about; it’s […]
