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By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In another 32 months, the structure of the high school football playoffs in Illinois will change dramatically. Those changes — which are no longer proposed, but are confirmed — will be the most sweeping since the postseason format was introduced in the sport in 1974. As […]

Modern and catchy was what the St. Joseph-Stanton Fire Protection District was going for when they finalized the design for their new building. They also wanted it to look like a fire station. If public reaction to the rendering they posted online is any indication, they succeeded. Assistant Fire Chief […]

Teenagers have a lot on their plate. But Fiona Ely, a senior at Heritage High School, believes in filling her plate with time for others. “I think it’s really important for every teenager to be as involved as possible to help their community,” Ely said. Ely began her involvement early, […]

Springfield, IL – The Mahomet Aquifer Task Force released its final report to the Illinois General Assembly and Governor this week, outlining a plan to address the ongoing issue of maintaining clean drinking water from the Mahomet Aquifer.  The report identifies potential and current contamination threats to the water quality, […]

When Will Page was three years old he was diagnosed with leukemia. He received chemo every single day for three and a half years. “As you can imagine, for someone who was really too young to understand what was happening there was a great a deal of fear and stress […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The pre-tournament seeds worked out to perfection in the Toyota of Danville boys’ basketball classic at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. The Friday pairings will feature the two 4-0 teams in the round-robin event playing for the championship when the host Spartans take on Cissna Park. The […]