SJO Daily

It was three days before Christmas and all through St. Joe, hundreds of Santas were running merrily and singing, “Ho, Ho, Ho.” That’s the idea behind St. Joseph’s first St. Joe Ho Ho Ho 5K run and walk, which will take place on Dec. 22. The event begins at 8 […]

The St. Joseph Women’s Community Club was formed to help St. Joseph. And help the St. Joseph Community they do. Currently, the club is sponsoring the St. Joseph Angel Tree at the St. Joseph Apothecary. “I love the Angel Tree,” said club member Angela Page. The tree is decorated with […]

Students and teachers can now give feedback on their school environment through the Illinois State Board of Education’s (ISBE) 5 Essentials Survey. The student (grades 4 through 12) and teacher surveys became available on Dec. 11. Administered by a third party, the UChicago Impact at the University of Chicago, the […]

Murelle Plotner never knew a stranger. Case in point: she was always one of the first people to try and make a new student feel welcome in St. Joseph. “When I first moved to St. Joseph in 2013, we didn’t know each other,” said Rachel Mullen, a 2015 St. Joseph-Ogden […]

John Jones loved teaching. He enjoyed it so much that he was working as a long-term substitute for the Heritage School District teaching Spanish even though he was retired. “He was like a walking education history book,” Heritage Superintendent Tom Davis said. “He was passionate about Spanish and teaching and […]

By FRED KRONER fred@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s boys’ basketball team split two weekend games. The Spartans bounced back from a Friday loss to earn a Saturday win.   SJ-O (2-3) dropped a 55-52 decision at Rantoul, before salvaging a road win a day later at Downs Tri-Valley, 61-45.   In the […]