Magician Robert Landry entertained young, and some not so young, with show at Flora Public Library

"Every piece of equipment in the park is going to be painted this week," David Barnes said, regarding the new "face lift" underway at Kiwanis Park in Flora. "I hope to be done by October 1. But we're already ahead of schedule."
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Kids and their families lined the banks of Charley Brown Park Lake for third annual Kids' Fishing Derby

We remember the wounded soldiers and the widows, but often we forget the orphans," Representative John Shimkus, representing the Fifth District in Illinois, said last week as he presented April Parkhurst with the medals earned by her father, Delbert...

GRANVILLE -- Closing the doors of a 43-year local institution was not something that longtime independent pharmacy owner Marlin Weekley of Metamora wanted to be doing last month.

The wait is over for fans of Phillip Leonard Wolfe's 'Kenna Jenkins' book series

FREEPORT — Jake Olberding enrolled at Highland Community College thinking it would be an affordable higher education option, but he’ll pay more for tuition this fall because his school is squeezed by Illinois’ $5.8 billion backlog...

Veterans and departed veterans honored at Sunday afternoon's Memorial Day service at Oskaloosa Cemetery.

Flora's Memorial Day service at Elmwood Cemetery honored the fallen

There are many great places to camp and fish in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources manages 324 state parks, fish and wildlife areas, state forests and other sites. Here is a list of a dozen state sites ranked by the amount of...

Flora High School says a fond farewell to the Class of 2013