SJO Daily

Emilie Fox was inspired by her Prairieview-Ogden Music teacher Jennifer Anderson. Anderson died April 2 after a six-year battle with pancreatic cancer but her influence lives on in Fox’s Gold Award Project for Girl Scouts. Anderson was Fox’s music teacher at PVO and encouraged her to continue music in high school […]

The Homer Garage Sales will run from September 27-29. Hours include: Thurs Sept 27th 4-7, Fri Sept 28th  8-7, Sat Sept 29th  8-2. Children Toys 5, 6, 11, 12, Outdoor Toys 5, 12, Women’s Clothes 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, Men’s Clothes 2, 5, 6, Plus size Women 3, 6, Big […]

Les Hoveln graduated from St. Joseph-Ogden in 1980 after being born and raised in Royal by Harold and Darlene Hoveln. This Friday he will be inducted into the high school’s Hall of Fame. “There have been a lot of great athletes that have gone thru SJO so to be nominated for […]

Heritage Fine Arts is going to the Big Apple. In 2020. However, the group is starting to plan now. Fine Arts Director Justin Lee said that just after Memorial Day in 2020 the group will board a bus and head east. “While there, we will experience as much as possible,” […]

This weekend the St. Joseph-Ogden Class of 1988 will be celebrating their 30th class reunion. The class, which had 124 students, was the biggest class that had graduated at the time, said reunion co-organizer Kelly Reinhold Vogel. The class has a weekend full of activities planned based around the SJO […]

Three proposed solar farms near St. Joseph will be before the Champaign County Zoning Board of Appeals within the next few weeks. The farm located north of the St. Joseph Sportsmans Club will be presented to the on Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Brookens Center located at 1776 […]

The St Joseph-Ogden FFA has had a busy few weeks since school started. On Sept. 12, SJO FFA students helped at Carle’s Progressive Agriculture Safety Days held at Gordyville. More than 500 students in Pre-K through eighth grade from  St. Malachy, Thomasboro and Gifford participated in the event. During the […]

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Hunters are prohibited from harvesting antlerless deer during the first 15 days of the Illinois Archery Deer Season in five east-central Illinois counties as part of an effort to grow the deer herd in the region, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced today.  Antlerless deer […]

The Village of St. Joseph Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25. [pdf-embedder url=”https://sjodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/vba-9-2-18.pdf” title=”vba 9-2-18″]

By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Some things go together, automatically and naturally. Peanut butter and jelly. Chocolate and chips. Baskets and balls. To the seemingly endless list is an annual rite of fall: Homecoming week and powderpuff football games. Those traditions will be renewed this week when high school girls at […]