BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Grunge. Hip Hop. R&B. Heavy Metal. Rock. Rap. The 1990’s were all about music. Champaign natives Andrew Duncanson, Josh Stimmel and Chris Breen began their band, Kilborn Alley, in 1999. They had no idea where their talent might take them. Producing blues music for 19 years, […]
BY JESSICA SCHLUTER When Kelly Cooper was running for Village of Ogden Trustee in May of 2017, one of her promises was that she would help bring a community festival back to the town. It had been a few years since they had anything like that in town. “I wanted […]
The 2019 SJO 5K to benefit the St. Joseph Middle School and St. Joseph-Ogden High School running programs took place at 7:30 a.m. on July 27. The following are results based on gender and age groups. To see more photos click here. Female Open Winners Place Name City Bib […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com ROYAL, ILL. – There’s nothing quite like tradition. Especially when it means that you get together in celebration with your family and friends.That is how residents in Royal, Ill. felt in 1982 when their town decided to build the Royal Community Building to provide the town […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Lou DiBello started his career as a musician like many other teenagers. As a boy, he learned the piano and saxophone before picking up the guitar at age 15. “My first live shows with a band were in my senior year in high school. We played […]
The Sidney Improvement Group will host the 2019 Sidney Fun Daze will be held from July 26-29. Friday 5 p.m. Carnival Rides/Vendors Open 7 p.m. Beer Tent Opens 9 p.m. to midnight: The Zach Dable Experience Saturday 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fun Daze Breakfast at the Sidney United Church […]
Jordan Keyes started by performing to an audience of one: his dog. But this Sunday (July 14), from 5 to 7 p.m., Keyes will play to a larger audience on the lawn at the Lake of the Woods Botanical Gardens. Keyes, who started playing the guitar at age 12, grabbed […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com There are things we all want to see during our lifetime: children giggling while they build a sandcastle, the way the sun shines down on the world when we are looking at it from the top of a mountain, the skyline of a city or maybe […]
FISHER FAIR SCHEDULE Tuesday July 9 Military Day & Queens Night ($2.00 entry or FREE with Boxed donation 5 items per person or 10 items per family) “Giveback Night”- bring boxed foods to help replenish the Fisher Food Pantry (see list of food items needed here.) 9:30-11am Farm Frenzy with […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com The Homer Lake Forest Preserve will host Take Me Fishing on June 22 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Walnut Hill Shelter. The Champaign County Forest Preserve puts on family-friendly fishing events throughout its parks each year to promote the park system and to encourage […]
