Odell News

I've finally gotten around to processing one of the images I shot last weekend while exploring Route 66.

Finding a particular vintage John Deere tractor was easier for Keith Girard than tracking down a magazine with that tractor on the cover.

In the United States, approximately 10 million houses remain that were built before the 1920s, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

HEATHER DANKO graduated with honors from Bradley University in Peoria with a degree in business administration with a concentration in human resources and a minor in psychology.

More than a year after the Streator-Cayuga Ridge wind farm project application was filed, the Livingston County Board approved the southern half of the project.

The Livingston County Zoning Board of Appeals Monday unanimously recommended approval of the Streator-Cayuga Ridge South Wind Project.

Jennifer O'Dowd and Thomas Kowaczek of Schaumburg recently were one of the first to get hitched on our portion of Route 66.

The Morris Daily Herald has the story about Thomas Kowaczek and Jennifer O'Dowd, who got married Sunday on Route 66 at the old Odell Station in Odell, Ill.

Wedding scheduled at Odell Station May 29, 2008 Here's a first for the historic Odell Station on old Route 66 in Odell, Ill.

“I was told to look east if I wanted to find anything that old”

The Village of Montgomery's historic Settlers Cottage, now being restored on South River Street in the village's downtown, will have at least four historically accurate replica windows as a result of action ... via Oswego Ledger-Sentinel

“Immigration Law in the USA Today”

"Immigration: World on the Move" Time: Friday 7:00pm to 9:30pm April 11, 2008 and Saturday 8:30am to 12 noon April 12, 2008 Location: The Community Room of the Odell Public Library 307 South Madison Street, ... via Illinoisreview

Illinois State Police is releasing little information about the case of a woman who was found in a ditch along Interstate 55 near Odell earlier this week and later pronounced dead. via Belleville News

By Kent Casson Livingston County residents were able to learn more about farming the wind at a series of open houses this week. via Http

Regional Digest for Feb. 9, 2008: Wind power group to hold meetings ODELL - PPM Energy, a wind power provider from Portland Ore., will conduct a series of informational meetings in Livingston County during the ... via Pantagraph

The photograph above was taken in Odell, IL while I was following Route 66 back in August. via Where is Ben?