Oakford News

When they start to bring in their crops, their machinery will be sharing the road with faster vehicles as nightfall arrives earlier and earlier each day.

Hill Prairie Winery is the venue for an outdoor screening of a film shot in Menard County, produced by Petersburg natives Adam and Tom Galassi and Thomas Snyder and based loosely on the local legend of a boy, Raymond Colby, who claims he was carried off by a thunderbird to a magical place .

If you're craving fun in the sun or a relaxing romantic rendezvous this summer, bypass the travel headache and head for a nearby central Illinois winery.

Summertime is always a boon to live music performances, predominantly of the outdoor sort, but on some of those infamously hot and humid Illinois days, it's a blessing to experience the modern convenience of air conditioning while checking out some music.