Harrisburg remembering Leap Year tornado Monday

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — People will gather to mark the anniversary of a deadly tornado that killed eight people in the small Saline County community of Harrisburg on a day that hasn’t been on the calendar in

Illinois announces manager to lead 2 state fairs

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Department of Agriculture officials have placed the operations of the Illinois State Fair and the DuQuoin State Fair under the same manager in a reorganization announced Friday.

Johnson, Don L.

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Don Larry Johnson, 79, of Wataga, died at 4:54 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 2016, at home.

Reed, Glenn A.

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Glenn Austin Reed, 85, of Rio, died at 9:25 a.m. Friday, February 26, 2016, in Seminary Manor in Galesburg.