Arthur News

Art Around the Square 7 to10 p.m, Friday, Carbondale Town Square. It's fall. The humid days of the last few months are far behind us, and there isn't a better time to enjoy a walk in Southern Illinois.

Sacred Heart is a thriving Catholic community in Dallas City, and invites visitors to join the church Oct.

Champaign residents Don Chambers and Laura Chambers pose with their daughter Ariana at their home on Thursday.

Every time I drive over the Bradbury Woods Road, en route to our farm, I see a limited view of the sky due to the branches of the trees overlapping in the center of the road.

ST. CHARLES In following several men to their St. Charles home, Naromi N. Mannery was lead to his death, according to police accounts of a weekend stabbing.

Court Update: Four men accused of participating in the stabbing of a St. Charles man had their bail set Tuesday in Kane County court.

Helping individuals and families to plan effectively for long-term care is the goal of a series of University of Illinois Extension workshops to be held in October and November.

Breakfast: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Sept. 17, "You Ought to be in Pictures" breakfast at the Joliet Country Club, 1009 Spencer Road, Joliet.

Herald & Review/Stephen Haas Max Hendrix, 17, of Arthur, holds onto the belltower on top of the roof of the one-room schoolhouse at the Great Pumpkin Patch in Arthur, Ill.

Taurean Willingham, center right, freshman in Business, carries a copy of the New Testament given to him by Paul Otto, center left, of Arthur, Illinois.

Two Amish men are hospitalized after their bicycles were hit by a car on a country road in eastern Illinois.

TUSCOLA, Ill. - A central Illinois prosecutor says he won't file charges against the owner of a home where authorities seized 55 dogs last week.

In the corner of one pen at the Macon County Animal Control and Care Center, at least half a dozen tiny puppies huddled fearfully in a pile, as far away from the door as possible.

Central Illinois authorities raided an unlicensed puppy mill Friday, seizing 55 dogs they claim were living in filth and, in many cases, without any food or water.

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Retail St. John's company inspired by Amish furniture PETER WALSH The Telegram The Amish of Central Illinois do not watch television.

The rise in the price of corn and soybeans should lead to a good return for those who grow the crops.

Bill Salrin is packing up 79 years of memories. His grandfather-in-law opened Aschermann Motor Company in Arthur in the roaring twenties and now he's the one to say goodbye.

The names of several local graduates have been announced by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Commencement for all graduates is held in the spring.

Steve Johnson's Web Spin. Fast takes on the week's five most viewed Tribune stories on the paper's Web site.