Loami News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - When the soldiers carrying wounded U.S. Army Ranger William Hughes stopped to camp, they chose a spot near a large sulfur spring on the south side of Lick Creek.

In an average year, southwestern Illinois farmer Richard Borgsmiller would have his 300-acre corn crop in the ground.

Police say someone is ripping off the elderly. A man is going door-to-door asking for money.

Lutisha Prior, 74, talks to her neighbor Rich Gathard who helps Prior when she needs a hand in front of her trailer in Grand Valley Village.

A Loami man who lives near a day-care facility and an elementary school was arrested on federal child pornography charges Monday.

A Loami man faces child pornography charges. 51-year-old Ronald Heaton sits in the Sangamon County jail this evening.

Evelyn Wilson was particularly interested in the column a few weeks ago about the Boris Anisfeld painting that Springfieldian Russ McAfee once kept in his van, then put up for bids last Friday at Christie's auction house in New York City.

The economy may not be growing, but the grass is - especially now that the weather has warmed up.

Students in the New Berlin School District will all attend classes on the New Berlin campus starting next year, and Loami Middle School will become the district's administrative center.

Central Illinois farmer Ed Mies washes mud off his tractor Thursday near Loami. Mies would like to be planting corn on his farm right about now, but instead he finds himself with time to talk about just how wet his fields are.

Billy Ousley, a data acquisition program manager, prepares to release a special-launch weather balloon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln Tuesday, March 10, 2009.

On Saturday, nearly a week after a tornado cut a path of destruction near here, some 600 to 800 volunteers converged to help clean up the mess.

PUT IN HOCKEY TERMS, Sunday's storm provided parts of the Springfield area with a stinging slapshot - a quick smackdown of straight-line winds and a tornado that left a wide swath of wreckage.

Mother Nature gave Central Illinois residents a reminder to be prepared for the upcoming tornado season.

Ann Wilhite helps pick up debris around the Fischberg property Saturday, March 14, 2009, in an ef... Photo 1 of 5 Don Nowak of Lincoln Land FS left, and Ryan King helped clear debris Saturday March 14, 2009, on ...

A massive clean-up effort is underway in Sangamon County as people recover from severe storms.

Sangamon County officials said Wednesday that Sunday's storm caused more than $600,000 in damage in rural Loami.

Officials in Loami are asking for volunteers to help clean up the mess created by Sunday's tornado.

The storm dealt a powerful blow to Loami. Almost the entire village is in the dark.

Cassie Kluckman holds her head after surveying the damage to Derald and Cheryl Meisenheimer's property after a storm struck Sunday.