Morton News

It seems Paul Gordon of the Peoria Journal Star hit a chord last week. Two metal fabricators in Morton, Ill., southeast of Peoria, changed ownership on the same day: Friday, June 26.

Hannah Grow from Morton, IL and Marissa Weber from Lake Mills, WI have a goal to raise $10,000 for Susan G. Komen through paddling in a 340 mile canoe race called the MR 340.

Traffic won't be moving as fast for us on four wheels. Road Construction on local interstates and roadways is making it a dusty or detoured drive to work and home.

Friends, families, and local organizations are putting their best foot forward to combat against cancer.

A restaurant right off Interstatea '74 is getting more than its share of travelers.

It's been a frustrating spring in the fields for local farmers. The cool and wettest spring on record has also left slim pickings in some other area fields.

Reporter-News photo by Thomas Metthe Artist Matthew Reinhart looks over kids' popups that were being made during the children's workshop at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature to kick off "The Wizards of Pop" exhibit Saturday.

" The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's Division of Banking today approved the purchase of selected assets and liabilities of Citizens National Bank, Macomb by Morton Community Bank, Morton, Illinois following Citizens National Bank's closure at 6:30 p.m. by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

There will be several Memorial Day services and public office closing on Monday.

Two Illinois banks have been shuttered by regulators, marking the 35th and 36th bank closings in the United States so far this year, officials said.

Cocktail called a Mortoni, whose key ingredients are vodka, Campari, tonic. Recipe Finder Searching for a new dish? Get cooking with The Early Show's recipe archive.

Old Capitol Farmers Market May 20Oct 28, 8am-12:30pm Wed and Sat, Features fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, plants, flowers and bakery items.

With an ice storm shredding most of the west Kentucky trees to the ground and an inland hurricane warning Friday before the OMA event, track conditions would not be their best.

Matisse's "Bathers by a River" welcomes visitors to the "high modern" European galleries on the third floor.

Two friends with a common desire to raise awareness and money to help children recover from cancer have organized the first-ever East Peoria to Peoria St.

Former Mayor Lorraine H. Morton worked 16 years in an office at the Civic Center.

Angelina Anliker, who graduated in 1998 from Eureka High School, proved to be the class of the field Saturday morning in the 24th annual Komen Peoria Race for the Cure.

A pedestrian was struck by a car and pinned against the building at a Circle K gas station Thursday morning.

In this April 13, 2009 photo released by KFC, a two-piece meal with the new Kentucky Grilled Chicken product is shown, at a KFC location in Louisville, Ky.

The engagement and forthcoming summer wedding of Hannah Plevka and Michael J. Schulte have been announced by her parents, John and Jeanenne Plevka of Morton, Ill.