By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The final half of Oakwood’s last regular-season football game was a parallel to the entire last half of the season. After an 0-3 start, the Comets had their backs to the wall as far as qualifying for the playoffs. In a Week 9 game against visiting […]
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St. Joseph-Ogden, Villa Grove and Oakwood get IHSA play-off assignments
The St. Joseph-Ogden football team will be facing a familiar foe in the first round of the 3A IHSA playoffs—Monticello. The IHSA released the pairings on Saturday night and the Spartans (5-4) will be making the 35-minute trek to face the Sages on their home field. Monticello comes into the […]
Skinner looking to provide soul connection
Kelly Skinner wants to help people. Earlier this year Skinner listened to pocast with Dr. Christine Osgood. Osgood is a mother and a marriage and family therapist who created a space in the Minneapolis suburbs for people to work on their journey of personal and spiritual development. “She provided a […]
Gracyn Allen takes readers on journey as Miss Champaign County Fair Queen: October
Gracyn Allen, the 2018 Miss Champaign County Fair Queen will provide SJO Daily with a recap of her experiences as she fulfills her requirements throughout the year. I started out the month of September by being in my first parade as the 2018 Miss Champaign County Fair Queen. The parade was […]
Heritage High School to host Haunted House Saturday
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Free Concert with the Taylors at St. John Lutheran Church
The Taylors, a sibling gospel trio from North Carolina, has recently embarked on a 180-date tour across the United State and the United Kingdom. St. John Lutheran Church, located at 203 Church St. in Royal, will host the group on October 21 at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5. “We […]
A Q&A with Rachel Lauren Storm: Poet at tonight’s Poetry on Tap at the Wheelhouse
Images provided by Rachel Lauren Storm Rachel Lauren Storm will join Jim O’Brien for the first ever Poetry on Tap at the Wheelhouse tonight, Thursday, October 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. Storm and O’Brien will share their poetry with patrons before O’Brien brings out his typewriter to write individualized […]
White named Heritage Student of the Month
Cole White was recognized as the Heritage Student of the Month by the Heritage Board of Education Monday night.
St. Joseph-Ogden High School looks for Veterans to talk to students
When Lieutenant Jimmy Cross was in Vietnam he carried letters from a woman named Martha in his backpack. Martha attended his college in New Jersey and majored in English. The letters quoted poetry and never mentioned the war. She signed them love, Martha. Cross hoped Martha would one day return […]
Oakwood/Salt Fork capture honors at Vermillion County meet, SJO, Oakwood, Heritage get volleyball wins
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com The Oakwood/Salt Fork boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams both captured team honors in Tuesday’s Vermilion County meet at Kickapoo State Park. The girls’ team had six top 10 individual placers and successfully followed up on the conference title they secured one week earlier. The team leaders […]
