BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Hillbilly Deluxe is ready to welcome spectators to the Oakwood fireworks show on July 4. The band, which has been together for six years, will cover new country hits from 6 to 9 p.m. at Oakwood Park. Oakwood native and Hillbilly Deluxe bass player Jon Foley […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com 6 a.m., Oawood: Oakwood Fire Department Pancake Breakfast 11 a.m., Oakwood: Parade 4 p.m., Oakwood: Oakwood Park opens to public and vendors 4:30 p.m., Homer: Games at Village Hall 430pm- Egg Toss 5pm- Water Balloon Toss 7pm (or about 30 minutes after parade)- Watermelon Eating Contest […]
Oakwood, Ill. – Oakwood’s claim to fame? The Fourth of July, according to Oakwood’s Fourth of July event co-organizer Ferrell Stroh. “It brings everyone close together,” Stroh said. “Everybody just comes together.” In Oakwood, the Independence celebration begins on July 3 when the Oakwood Public Library gives kids, teens and […]
