Washburn News

A new pizza joint has taken the small town of Lacon by storm. Eric Shangraw tries the Mediterranean Chicken at The Pizza Peel in this week's You Gotta Eat.

Morgan Friedrich is not a farm girl, but Wednesday she turned over rich, wet earth as she walked a plow behind a team of draft horses under dark, watery skies at Three Sisters Park.

As teacher Chris Kallal looks on, Lowpoint-Washburn sixth-grader Rick Gutierrez does a math problem on the interactive smart board made with a pair of Wii remotes and software from the Internet for about $50. Kallal and fellow sixth-grade teacher David Schertz, who put together the system from information they culled from a variety of Web sites, ...

A 44 year old mother of four was killed Monday morning on her way to work in Woodford County.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Journal Star publishes a weekly list of major road construction projects in the Tri-County Area.

There is no bad blood between the two contenders for mayor of Germantown Hills. Marv Johnson has been mayor for 28 years and hopes to continue in that role.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Journal Star publishes a weekly list of major road construction projects in the Tri-County Area.

A rural Washburn man's longtime ownership of a passel of dogs may have finally reached what a state official called a "breaking point" for animal hoarders, resulting in criminal charges.

Reconstruction of a three-mile stretch of County Highway 1 between Washburn and Illinois Routes 116 and 117 would cost an estimated $3.3 million.

Todd Pilon is one of those odd ducks who knew exactly what he wanted to do when he grew up.