Rushville News

Schuyler County CrimeStoppers is seeking information on two area farm fields recently damaged by a truck.

By Mark Weinraub

MACKINAW, Illinois (Reuters) - The price was higher than Bill Boyd wanted to pay and still rising, but it didn't really matter. He needed a combine harvester.

He lost most of his farm equipment to fire when lightning struck his shed earlier this year, leaving him no way to harvest his part of what could be the most valuable crop in U.S. history.

So Boyd, who grows corn, soybeans and wheat on 1,000 acres in Rushville, Illinois, joined about 150 others in this small town in central Illinois to bid on the used equipment of retiring farmer John Kuhfuss. And the prices were high.

Richard Baugh of Dick's Barber Shop has been cutting hair in Macomb for 50 years this month.

PR Newswire Source: PR Newswire Wordcount: 400 RUSHVILLE, Ill. , June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- With the skyrocketing cost of everything from gas to food to healthcare, many seniors are struggling to make ends meet.

Schuyler County authorities are seeking information about a recent Rushville break-in and the theft of diesel fuel in Hickory Township.

All of Rushville and part of Beardstown were without power late Wednesday and early Thursday when a fuse blew at Ameren North Frederick station.

Illinois lawmakers did their part to avoid another overtime session of the General Assembly this year, approving a new $59 billion state budget just hours before the midnight deadline.

Illinois lawmakers started the year dreading the prospects of another gridlocked spring session leading to another long summer of overtime in Springfield.

Parents of children attending Spoon River College's Canton day-care center got unexpected news Wednesday in the form of a letter informing them the center will close June 27.

A Beardstown man wanted in connection to a series of burglaries was caught early Thursday morning.

SPRINGFIELD Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today awarded nearly $2.8 million in Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation 2000 grants to help local communities protect and improve Illinois' ...

Brian Arnold is a sexually violent person. Arnold became the 17th person from Madison County deemed a sexually dangerous person after a jury found after more than three hours Friday that Arnold should be ...

The C.B. S. Alternative School in Beardstown will close after its spring commencement on May 22. via Journal-Courier.net

Schuyler County State's Attorney Teena M. Griffin has indicated she will not be seeking the death penalty against a Rushville man accused of beating a Mount Sterling man to death April 25. via Journal-Courier.net

Spoon River College's board of trustees tonight unanimously approved a resolution of intent to sell $5.2 million in bonds to improve the Macomb, Rushville and Havana campuses. via Journal Star

More than 300 kids took walk in the park Monday. It was part of National Walk Day. via KHQA-TV Quincy

“The summer before the boat was ready, he came home on leave so we could inspect the Sangamon. The river looked big enough, but we didn't know there was an old, solid dam in Petersburg and low bridges across the highways.”

Churning away from the banks of the Sangamon River, the Talisman riverboat looks like the little sister of the mighty sternwheelers of old. via State Journal-Register

“You can just imagine people in their fancy clothes coming up and dancing the night away”

The three-story brick house that Mark L. Vincent and Heidi Scott call home in Rushville has a history that dates back nearly a century -- as well as a secret. via Chicago Tribune

ALEXANDRIA, Va. David L. Chappell of Rushville, Ill., and Raymond J. Shank of Galveston, Ind., have developed knife blades used in the meat processing industry. via National Provisioner

Rushville Rotary and the K of C teamed for a chicken fry recently. Seeing as how I am a Rotarian I volunteered to help in any way I could. via Rushville Republican