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 […]
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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 […]
Champaign County Forest Preserve Board Agenda
The Champaign County Board will meet on October 18, 2018, at 6:30 pm in the Education Classroom of the Museum of the Grand Prairie, Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve. [pdf-embedder url=”https://sjodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018OctAgenda-1.pdf” title=”2018OctAgenda (1)”]
Poetry on Tap at the Wheelhouse Thursday night
The Wheelhouse, located at 109 N Main St. in St. Joseph, will present their first Poetry on Tap event from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, October 18. Poets Rachel Lauren Storm and Jim O’Brien will read their poetry, then O’Brien will set up his typewriter, an Olivetti Underwood, to write poems on […]
Thompson turns love of reading into community project
Madeline Thompson, a freshman at Heritage High School, loves to read. That love led to her Girl Scout Silver Award Project. Those looking to pursue a Girl Scout Silver Award must be in sixth, seventh or eighth grade, a registered Cadette and completed a Cadette journey. Scouts must first identify […]
St. Joseph native to receive honor at Mahomet-Seymour
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Some people find ways to turn a hobby into a money-making venture. Jim Risley found a way to turn his passion into a memory-making experience. Thirty-nine years ago, Risley arrived on the faculty at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School. Besides teaching sixth-grade history, Risley had an interest […]
Markstahler’s first book draws from childhood
Amy Markstahler has always loved to write. As a young girl, she would handwrite long stories to pass the time as she grew up in the country surrounded by cornfields. She stopped writing as she grew older and graduated in 1998 with a college degree in Graphic Design. That led […]
Local football teams keep playoff hopes alive, volleyball teams hit 20-wins
By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com Football teams from St. Joseph-Ogden, Oakwood and Villa Grove/Heritage all registered wins on Friday to remain in contention for postseason berths. SJ-O (5-3) became playoff-eligible with its 28-7 win at Olympia. Oakwood reached the .500 mark (4-4) with a 49-21 win at Westville. Villa Grove/Heritage (4-4) […]
