Oreana News

When Ken Broeking traded in his 1966 Corvette for a "family car" in 1969, he figured that's the last he'd see of the Corvette.

Seven young women have the same goal: to be Miss Decatur-Macon County Fair Queen, One will be crowned today in the 49th annual pageant, starting at 7 p.m. in front of the grandstand.

With Tuesday's thunderstorms and more severe weather anticipated in Central Illinois overnight Wednesday, the Mid-Illinois Chapter of the American Red Cross has initiated its disaster response.

Some people's ideas of the perfect wedding may be flying off to Vegas or exchanging vows on a romantic beach.

“I think for G.K., it wasn't just the buses”

The Rolofson family is a fixture in Argenta. Generations of Argenta-Oreana students have traveled back and forth to school with them. via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“It's beneficial and it takes hardly any time, 8 to 10 minutes”

H&R Community News Editor Jesse L. Schmahl is proud to be involved in what he calls a "wonderful community service program." The Decatur man is assistant area coordinator for the Illinois Masons Child ... via Herald & Review

“Did your parents take you to the store with rationing stamps for new school shoes?”

White. Magee. Kirby. Miller. Renshaw. Columbia. Zion. Fairview. Bethel. Flood. Pleasant Grove. via Illinois Times

Tanker crash survivor, Barnwell Lincoln print; Johns Hill's Black History Month program; Argenta-Oreana Jump Rope for Heart; Harlem Gospel Choir; Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church 50th anniversary; and more: ... via Herald & Review

“We showed up late, weigh-ins were done when we walked off the bus. They weren't going to let kids use the restroom before they weighed in”

No sport demands more sacrifice than wrestling. And on Saturday, no wrestler sacrificed more than Argenta-Oreana's Nikko Lang. via Herald & Review

Totem pole; Macon County election races; toxic packaging; On Business; December unemployment; Tim Cain's favorite albums of 2007; Sangamon; Day 40; Cain on breaking artistic barriers; and more: TOTEM POLE: The ... via Herald & Review

“But we do have some good players, and this is fun; and yeah, I think we'll come back here and hang out.”

Zach Ferguson knew, with confidence, that world records were safe when his Argenta-Oreana High School National Honor Society descended on Decatur's Pla-Mor Lanes on Sunday for the Easter Seals Central Illinois ... via Herald & Review

Workers on Tuesday began tearing out underground gas storage tanks at an abandoned Clark gas station at 1341 N. Illinois St.

No small task, the removal is being done by Seneca, an Oreana-based company that builds gas stations and removes gas tanks.

After lifting a tank roughly the size of a school bus from the ground, Seneca workers clean them out and cut a hole in them so they can't be used again, said Kent Loepker, a spokesman for his father, Bernard Loepker, who owns the land and paid for the removal. Read more

Herald & Review/Kelly J. Huff Argenta-Oreana's Erin Harrison drives the baseline against Central A&M's Megan Stringer in the opening round match of the Macon County Basketball Tournament To purchase photos from ... via Herald & Review

“It was very, very loud. I was in the med room. I just heard this horrible sound. By the time I got to the other end of the facility, the lights went out.”

Early Thursday morning, Jane Sebens heard a strange series of loud noises that sounded as if some kind of machine was going haywire. via Herald & Review

H&R Staff Writer MONTICELLO - Authorities in Monticello and Piatt County are investigating a train derailment in Monticello early Thursday. via Herald & Review

“It's not a good idea, and secondly, I wouldn't want to referee it either. If you made a bad call, you wouldn't hear the end of it”

Bryce Bowman and Cody Force came close enough to state titles last year to have the sensation fill their senses. via Herald & Review

“Gather as much info as you can. Ask to speak with people they sold to previously. Try to do some background investigation so you don't lost your money in the transaction.”

Michael and Alice Sleeth of Oreana are facing charges of theft and Internet fraud. via IllinoisHomepage.net

“But out-of-state people who weren't satisfied tried repeatedly to contact these folks and could not do so. All they could do was file a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center.”

Charges of theft by deception and computer fraud are pending against an Oreana couple arrested Nov. via Herald & Review

“Thanks to political infighting among the state's Democrat legislative leaders, extra funding that should have been available to our schools on July 1 is still in limbo”

More than a month after Illinois lawmakers voted to release additional state funding for education, local school districts are still waiting -- for an extra $12.6 million -- because Gov. via Lincoln Daily News

“C.B. ran the buses in Blue Mound, and he also ran a new Chevrolet dealership in Blue Mound”

The Rolofson family is a fixture in Argenta. Generations of Argenta-Oreana students have traveled back and forth to school with them. via Herald & Review