Monticello News

McHenry County “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: 8 p.m. Nov. 27 through Dec. 6, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock.

WHAT: THE WILLY PORTER BAND WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Woodstock Opera House, 121 W. Van Buren St., Woodstock ABOUT: Guitarist/singer-songwriter has toured as an opening act for artists including Jeff Beck, Tori Amos, The Cranberries and Jethro Tull.

Fall has arrived in Illinois. There's a chill in the air, leaves are falling, and Thanksgiving is fast approaching... have you ordered your turkey from the farm yet? Yes, that's right - from the farm.

Ryan Stricklin's smile says it all. He was fun loving, friendly and kind. But that was taken away three months ago.

It has been a dream of John Sciutto and other Monticello Railway Museum leaders to operate an old-fashioned steam locomotive to pull the imaginations of passengers back to the glory days of railroading.

It looked like a scene straight from the 18-hundred's at the Monticello railway museum.

For today's column, we will highlight a hodgepodge of business news from around East Central Illinois.

Riders pass by fields on a county road in Savoy en route to Monticello, Ill. during a training ride on June 24.

The Saturday lineup for this weekend's BOB Stock free music festival at Riverside Park has changed due to a scheduling problem with a previous engagement involving one of the bands.