Plato-Center News

Joseph Onesimus has paid a steep price to bring a clean water source to his home village in Mbooni, Kenya.

The grand opening of the 245-acre Bowes Creek Woods forest preserve along Crawford Road drew a large crowd on Saturday that included members of both the Arians and Muirhead families, descendants of the site's original settlers.

Cindy Kamijima, center, who runs the General Store of Udina, visits with customers, from left, Erv Glasshagel, of Elgin, Dave Lenox, of Sycamore, and 'Rosey' Rosenwinkel of Plato Center.

A black bull calf with an almost-perfect white heart shape on his forehead was born here Friday to Metz's mixed Belgian-Angus cow, Whitey.