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By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Region 1 of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation plan will see a new tier of virus mitigations as Gov. JB Pritzker warned Thursday that “we are now headed into a peak that is beyond, potentially, where we were in March and April.” “This pandemic […]

HONOR ROLL Heritage Junior High has compiled the list of honor roll students for the first quarter. A student must have a 3.67 grade point or above for high honors, and 3.0 grade point or above for honors.  Following is a list of students who earned high honors and honors: […]

Heritage Community School District has informed parents of the first positive COVID-19 case as of Oct. 22. “The county health department in which the individual resides officially informed the district and has instructed us on the steps to be undertaken by the district,” a letter to stakeholders said. “That includes […]

The Illinois Department of Public Health released plans to distribute a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available. The treatment will be free of charge to state residents seeking to be inoculated against COVID-19. “There will not be a cost to individuals for the vaccine, although providers may charge a small […]

CHAMPAIGN, IL – The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District’s (CUPHD) COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing program is asking residents to answer the call and help slow the spread of COVID-19. By answering the call, you can help keep yourself, your family and your community safe. Residents who test positive for […]

Two of the three Villa Grove girls who participated in the Friday (Oct. 16) IESA Class 1A sectional meet at Casey-Westfield posted their best 2-mile times of the season. Seventh-grader Hayden Thomas was 13th, finishing the course in a season-best 15 minutes and 5 seconds. Teammate Eva Piercy, also a […]

By Fred Kroner Kiara Jones won the girls’ Class 1A IESA sectional championship race at Casey-Westfield on Saturday (Oct. 17) by 21 seconds. The seventh-grader’s 2-mile time was 12 minutes, 51.5 seconds. Teammate Kamryn Soard, an eighth-grader, also secured a top-10 finish, ending 10th in a time of 14:27.5 The […]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Eighth-grader Hunter Montgomery was the individual champion in his final junior high school cross-country race. Montgomery, from Heritage, toured the 2-mile course at Casey-Westfield in 11 minutes, 42.5 seconds on Friday (Oct. 16) to win the IESA sectional title. His margin of victory over the runner-up […]

St. Joseph-Ogden High School will have Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, November 5 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm and from 6:00 – 9:00 pm.  All parents received either a mailing or email announcement encouraging them to contact the high school by email at fallsn@sjo.k12.il.us or phone at 469-7321 by November 2 to make […]

Leaves are falling and piling up in lawn’s around St. Joseph. That’s where Pack and Troop 40 want to step in to help. The 20-member group, comprised of 12 to 18-year olds have launched their Community Service Project that will run through Oct. 30. “The troop is always ready to […]