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Fea tured artists: Marjorie Krutsch and Bob Anderson are the featured artists for the month of July at Antioch Fine Arts Foundation Gallery, 983 Main St.

Brian Heckert is president of PENFlex Services Inc., a business consulting firm with offices in Nashville, Ill., and Peoria, Ill.

Belleville, Ill., law firm Mathis, Marifian, Richter & Grandy Ltd. is opening a new office in Nashville, Ill., to serve its expanding practice, the firm announced Thursday.

There's something unusual happening at the Marriott West Hotel this weekend! Something that only happens on "rare" occasions? But there's nothing to be afraid of unless pint sized collectables scare you.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com ASHLEY - Two neighbors of an Ashley bar have filed a lawsuit that alleges that not only are they being harassed by the owners and patrons of the establishment, but the ...

“Ryan really liked to do the human-interest stories. He cared about people”

A Batavia man who aspired to be a photojournalist and whose family said Thursday had hoped to become a Christian missionary overseas was killed in a car crash a week before he was scheduled to graduate from ... via Chicago Tribune

“The cop said it doesn't matter because it's not legal in this state”

One man's medicine is another man's . . . felony charge? Guy Lewis Shively, a 19-year-old California native, learned that lesson the hard way Monday when he was arrested near Nashville, Ill., for possession of ... via Illinois Times

A judge has appointed a special prosecutor to decide whether any charges should be filed against Union County State's Attorney Allen James. via KFVS

“Why are you doing such a thing with your life?”

North suburban musicians Robbie Fulks and Klem Hayes don't think of themselves as fiction writers, but both of them have stories in a new book. via Lake Forester

“Our (distillate) inventories should be increasing, but instead they're being drained”

For truck driver Jon Montgomery, the surge in the price of diesel is more easily measured in time than money. via STLtoday

“Crimes of the Heart": "Crimes of the Heart”

Drumshow: Drumshow 2008 will introduce the premiere performances of the District 203 Steel Drum Bands. via Naperville Sun

Soybeans tumbled more than 4%, and wheat fell on forecasts that US farmers will plant more this year to take advantage of surging prices. via The Age

The Parsons Sun and Chanute Tribune have a new publisher. Family Media Inc., owner of both publications, hired Kate Thompson, who most recently served as publisher of the company's Nashville, Ill., newspaper. via KHGI

“Others will spend 15 minutes looking for a certain item.”

The Antique Mall of Perry County is a 12,000-square-foot treasure trove between Nashville and Pinckneyville.

Out front, tables stack atop tables. Wooden ironing boards juggle for position behind a fat-tired bike. Sections of white picket fence lean toward rockers and school desks.

Inside, Diane Brierly works a furniture puzzle.

When a rolltop desk or cupboard leaves the neat showroom, she finds another piece to fill its place. In a larger back room, 65-plus vendors exhibit antique dishes, dresses, paintings, furniture and fixtures. Wide aisles offer easy wheelchair access. Read more

“I knew I was crazy when I wanted a goat and my Pop said, 'What do you want a goat for?' I just thought they were cool.”

The Rainbow Ranch Petting Farm in Plum Hill, Illinois, is preparing for a spring onslaught of baby animals. via Associated Content

“We were trying to find a solution that would fit us which isn't the same as what would work for a 1,000-bed hospital”

Two small rural hospitals in Southern Illinois are creating a community-wide medical information exchange that will allow physicians, hospitals and other medical providers to electronically share patient ... via STLtoday

“My average time in one arrow, it usually takes anywhere from 12 to 14 hours. That's from the time I start knapping the point until I put the last fletching on it”

Some people collect Indian arrowheads. And that is how Chuck Stern began when he was a kid. via Associated Content

“On a roof like this I don't know what the weather or the temperature has to be like to make the repairs, but I'm assuming it's going to take a while”

You soon may be putting your snow shovel to use -- forecasters are predicting anywhere from 5 to 9 inches of snow by Friday morning.

The metro-east is in for a second round of winter storms after a cold front Tuesday sent record-breaking highs plummeting and resulted in severe thunderstorms with strong winds, which damaged a Nashville high school gym.

A winter storm watch will be in effect today as another storm is expected to sweep the area from the afternoon through the evening, said Butch Dye, hydrometeorological technician for National Weather Service in Weldon Spring, Mo. Read more

Wow, wasn't that quite a blow last night? The wind was really howling around my house, or was it that Moline wolf? Whatever, the wind certainly revealed where the cracks and air leaks are around my house. via Bettendorf News

High winds damaged part of the roof to an Illinois high school gym while classes were in session. via KSDK NewsChannel 5