Edwards News

Once these musicians take the stage, people are transported to a world where the music of Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb played loud and proud.

Jerry Edwards, Tandra Lane and Emily Presbrey, left to right, laugh as Edwards tries on the personalized bandana Presbrey made for him at Glen Hill Evangelical Church in East Peoria.

"The warm temperatures have been beneficial because it's allowed farmers some extra time to get fields in shape," said Patrick Kirchhofer, manager of the Peoria County Farm Bureau.