Athens News

What: Benefit for Andy Woodrum, an uninsured Menard County farmer and volunteer firefighter injured last month in a dirt bike accident.

Like farmers across central Illinois, Andy Woodrum of rural Athens won't be deterred from harvesting this year's crops.

The roof no longer leaks at American Legion Post 129 in Athens. The front porch has been rebuilt, and a new water heater, furnace and central air conditioning have been installed at the tiny, one-story hall in ...

Chuck Fricke of Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, at left, and Virgil Davis, founder of the Museum of Funeral Customs in Springfield, display a photo of Abraham Lincoln's casket being lowered into his tomb ...

GateHouse to detail its bleeding, plus step it up at the fair and Abraham Raymer goes on trial -- again STOMP THE FAIRGROUNDS After the Illinois Symphony performs and before ZZ Top takes the grand stage, amid ...

While Congressional District 18 Republican candidate Aaron Schock was holding a $500-a-person fundraiser with President Bush in Peoria 10 days ago, Green Party candidate Sheldon Schafer was meeting people "for ...

A New Athens man was killed early Wednesday when the vehicle he was driving left the road and overturned in rural Millstadt.

A New Athens man was killed early Wednesday when the vehicle he was driving left the road and overturned in rural Millstadt.

Roads throughout the county and the city of Athens are crumbling... It may be difficult given the current budget climate, but Menard County is petitioning for some state help.

Rushing waters from heavy rains caused a bridge to collapse sending two Morton residents and their car head first into a waterway in Menard County.

An advancing cold front colliding with warm and steamy air will spark heavy thunderstorms across much of the Northeast today and tonight.

It may be a while before a road in Menard County is reopened to traffic. A downpour caused a culvert supporting harvest road in Athens to collapse.

Heavy rains caused a bridge to collapse and sent two Morton residents to the hospital.

The heavy rains that pelted many parts of Illinois are reportedly responsible for a freak accident that injured two people.

July's planned fireworks that turned into September's fireworks now won't be shot off until next July, Alton Mayor Don Sandidge said this week.

City officials said Monday a computer error was responsible for curtailing last weekend's July 4th fireworks display.

Debra Spicer walked into the temporary offices of Antique Treasure Hunters Roadshow on Thursday with more than 2,300 silver quarters passed down by her late father.

A Springfield man was sentenced last week in Menard County Circuit Court to nine years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.

Rising gas prices have Bill McCarty worried about more than the cost of filling up his own vehicle's tank.

Terry Starks planted the first crop of herbs at her central Illinois farm this spring and hoped to harvest them sometime next year.