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SPRINGFIELD, IL – Hunters are prohibited from harvesting antlerless deer during the first 15 days of the Illinois Archery Deer Season in five east-central Illinois counties as part of an effort to grow the deer herd in the region, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced today.  Antlerless deer […]

The Village of St. Joseph Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25. [pdf-embedder url=”https://sjodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/vba-9-2-18.pdf” title=”vba 9-2-18″]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some things go together, automatically and naturally. Peanut butter and jelly. Chocolate and chips. Baskets and balls. To the seemingly endless list is an annual rite of fall: Homecoming week and powderpuff football games. Those traditions will be renewed this week when high school girls at […]

St Joseph Middle School won the IESA Baseball Sectional Championship Saturday morning. They now advance to the IESA State Tournament on Friday. Their first game will be at 10:00 a.m. at Eastside Centre, Peoria.

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s volleyball team produced a signature win on Thursday in Champaign. The Spartans (13-2) stunned defending state champion St. Thomas More, but only after recovering from a 24-21 third-set deficit. SJ-O lost the opening set 25-22, but bounced back to capture the win with 25-21, […]

St. Joseph-Ogden community will welcome their Spartan home during the week of September 24. Tuesday The SJO community is invited to the Powderpuff football game at St. Joseph-Ogden High School beginning at 7 p.m. The freshmen and junior teams will take the field first with sophomores and seniors to follow. […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Heritage (11-2) extended its volleyball winning streak to five matches with back-to-back two-set sweeps to start the week. On Monday, the Hawks dispatched visiting Chrisman, 25-12, 25-17. Ranked 10th in The News-Gazette area, the Hawks were led by Aliya Holloman’s 10 kills. Malani Smithenry added 15 […]

CHAMPAIGN – For many SNAP recipients, access to local produce can be cost-prohibitive if not outright unavailable, as local growers may not have the ability to accept Link cards, and purchasers may not be able to afford the produce out of pocket. The Land Connection strives to bridge this gap through […]

The Champaign County Sheriff’s Department conducted a routine search of St. Joseph-Ogden High School today. School Resource Officer Alicia Maxey said canines were walked past all the lockers in the school by their handlers. The hallways and locker rooms were searched. “We did not have any positive alerts today,” Maxey […]