By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Heritage softball continued its mid-season surge on Monday, topping Martinsville 3-1 in a game at Broadlands. The Hawks are 7-12 overall, but have won six of their last 12 games. Kenzie Davison hit a triple, Gracyn Allen had a double and Kyley Rothermel, Aliya Holloman and Bri […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Isaiah Ruch had his first two-home run game of the spring on Monday, leading the Comets to a six-inning, 15-5 baseball triumph over visiting Hoopeston Area. Oakwood is 11-8 overall and 5-3 in Vermilion Valley Conference games. The Comets have won eight of their last 11 games. […]
By Jessica Schluter Emily Corray didn’t have plans to end up where she’s at now. The St. Joseph-Ogden alum was adamant about the fact that she would never own her own business. Now, she is the owner of Bare, a waxing studio in St. Joseph. Corray attended one semester of […]
photo by Claire Daly It’s every ballerina’s dream to dance in iconic productions such as Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty, but not every ballerina gets to. As hundreds of spectators take their seats at the historic Virginia Theater for the Champaign-Urbana Ballet’s production of Swan Lake on […]
The St. Joseph-Ogden High School Golf Committee is accepting entries for a 4-person Golf Scramble on June 22 at Willow Pond Golf Course in Rantoul. With an entry fee of $100 per person, golfers will enjoy 18-holes of golf with a cart, food, beverages and will have opportunities to win […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s softball program is celebrating its 40th year of existence this season. The sport was first offered in the fall of 1979 with an abbreviated schedule of 12 games. As improbable as it seems, the current 2019 team has a link to the inaugural team. The […]
Additional school safety measures may be just one bill away. After a call from Tuscola School Superintendent Mike Smith, State Sen. Chapin Rose championed Senate Bill 1371, which allows school districts to use door-locking mechanisms that attach to the door and are lockable and unlockable from the inside of the […]
By FRED KRONERfred@sjodaily.com Kaden Jacobs’ seventh-inning double delivered the game-winning run on Saturday as St. Joseph-Ogden pulled out a 2-1 baseball victory over IVC in Chillicothe in the first game of an Illini Prairie Conference game. IVC posted an 8-6 win in the second game. SJ-O is 15-6-2 overall and […]
*This is the first installment of a series of articles that will focus on life’s hardships and the wisdom Deb Braunig has gained as she’s navigated through what sometimes does not make sense. By Deb Braunig Suffocating fear . . . paralyzing judgementalism . . . harsh betrayal . . […]
By Scott MillisPastor at Living Word Family Churchscott@lwfstjoe.org When I was in college, I took a class called “Religion 101”. I took it because I thought it was a survey course on world religions, which I thought would be useful. But what it was, in fact, was a philosophy course […]
