On Jan. 15, the Pacific Chorale in Santa Ana, Calif. announced Metamora resident Dr. John Orfe was a winner in their 2012 Young Composers Competition.
For 50 years, under one name or another, Mike Foster and Mike Boyer have kept the music in them alive.
The drama in the trial of Roberta McCumber — accused of murdering her boyfriend, Jeff Williams, and dumping parts of his body in Woodford County — ended once the judge charged the jury to follow the law and reach a verdict.
Eureka College will hold its 5th annual Ronald Reagan Day Feb. 6 to celebrate and benefit its Reagan-related programs.
May 26, 1983, dawned as another glorious spring day that brought Peorians down to the river’s edge, but on that day many of them were over at the Peoria County Courthouse.
Kate Anderson and Melissa Chanto sat in the stands at Bradley University along with 12 other students from Metamora Township High School on Jan. 7 wondering what was coming.
It was a nice day for a bike ride May 19, 1983, when two young men stopped their bikes on a small bridge over Funk’s Run Creek.
Four Woodford County teens said performing at last week’s Orange Bowl in Miami was the biggest thrill so far of their young lives.
When the idea of picking a “Woodford Times Person of the Year” for 2011 arose there was no doubt who that person would be. Aley
Hilst of Germantown Hills was the hands-down choice.
On New Year’s Eve 22 girls from central Illinois landed in Miami for the Orange Bowl.
Woodford County veterans will not have to wait around until November each year for their day of recognition anymore.
There is an old saying in these parts that goes, “If you don’t like the weather wait 10 minutes, it’ll change.”
That was certainly the case 175 years ago this week. That change had deadly consequences for at least two Woodford County residents, accounts claim.
According to the website www.the-north-pole.com, Santa’s American image was elaborated by illustrator Thomas Nast. He depicted Santa as a rotund fellow for Christmas issues of Harper’s magazine from the 1860s to the 1880s.
While Mary Ann Flanagan, 90, lives a comfortable life now, she knows what it’s like to go hungry. Flanagan was raised during the Great Depression, and her parents struggled to put adequate food on the table in the difficult years before they lost their farm northwest of Eureka.
Mary Crawford looked at the floor and paused as she reflected on the question.
She had been asked what challenges lie ahead for her daughter Megan — who was critically injured in a car accident four months ago — and the rest of the family.
When the needy come into Heart House finding the resources to help them can be daunting. Instilling hope and faith into these people that things can and will get better can be even more difficult.
Her eyes darted back and forth in what appeared to be an attempt to take everything in. The eyes were distinctive, a striking blue.
