As election results are reported through the Champaign County Clerks office and the Associated Press, the SJO Daily will report unofficial results until all votes have been counted by every precinct. This page will be updated several times a day until Nov. 17. State Income Tax Amendment (results statewide) YES […]
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Elections Board warns that races could be undecided for days
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Although nearly 3.6 million Illinoisans had already voted by Monday morning, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections, nearly 2.3 million ballots are still to be cast if the state is to match the 70.56 percent turnout of 2016. As of Monday, […]
Pritzker pressures local officials to enforce mitigation orders
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – As state leaders continue to face pushback from the restaurant industry and even some county and municipal governments regarding COVID-19 mitigation measures, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday put pressure squarely on the shoulders of local elected officials. “The fact is that local officials […]
Danzl’s dream comes true as Environmental Educator Supervisor at Vermilion County Conservation District
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Lara Danzl’s life has gone full circle. One of her favorite childhood memories was spending a week at Kennekuk County Park as part of a children’s outdoor school program. At the time, Lara Kazakaitis was a fifth-grader at Diamond Middle School. Her class participated in the […]
Fall Festival lifts spirits of Heritage students
By Julia Schultz Heritage High School celebrated the week with a new tradition that had everyone in great spirits: Fall Festival. Fall Festival was a tradition that started in 2019. “We had such a great Homecoming week with students increasing their school spirit that we wanted to keep the momentum […]
Three SJ-O students to participate in ILMEA Masterclass
St. Joseph-Ogden’s Stasia Conerty, Evan Schmitz and Alyssa Shoviak were recognized for their instrumental and vocal talents by the ILMEA Monday. Conerty has been names to the District 3 Soprano 1 Chorus, Schmitz will play trombone in the concert band and Shoviak will play the oboe in the orchestra. Due […]
Savanna Franzen competes at ShaZam Racing meet to finish season
By Fred Kroner Eighth-grader Savanna Franzen was the lone student from St. Joseph Middle School to compete in Sunday’s unofficial girls’ junior high cross-country state meet, sponsored by ShaZam Racing, at Chillicothe. In the invitation-only meet, Franzen traversed the 2-mile course in 13 minutes, 15.11 seconds. She placed 56th in […]
Brazelton leads Panthers at unofficial state meet
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Five athletes from St. Joseph Middle School participated in an unofficial boys’ cross-country state meet, sponsored by ShaZam Racing, on Sunday at Chillicothe. Since the IESA season had officially ended, they went under the moniker of SJPXC and were not under the direction of any of […]
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to reach new second-wave highs
By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to climb as the entire state is either subject to increased mitigation measures or will be starting Wednesday. A Capitol News Illinois analysis of weekly hospitalization averages shows the average number of hospital beds in use by COVID-19 patients […]
Local Coaches look at summer wrestling season
Wrestling coaches throughout the state of Illinois were aware that the winter competitive season would most likely be moved to the summer of 2021. So, while the state has been shocked by the back-and-forth between the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois High School Associations’ decision on basketball, […]
