Tom and Jane Mayland of Morton browsed the delicatessen in the newly remodeled Morton Kroger Thursday morning.

The two have shopped at the Morton Kroger for years. Aware of the store’s previous look, Jane said she was impressed with the renovations and added selection.

“We just love it,” she said. “It seems like there’s a lot more space.”

Morton Mayor Norm Durflinger continued the second part of what has become an ongoing series of budget suggestions Monday evening during a village board meeting at Freedom Hall.

Just two weeks ago, Durflinger presented village-employee suggestions for potential budget-cut ideas that ranged from a reduction in custodial services at the Morton Police Department to the elimination of the deputy chief position.

A somber District 709 School Board heard some sobering budget numbers Tuesday from Superintendent Roger Kilpatrick ...

A number of trucks and trailers were allegedly stolen in Morton as part of a burglary at Federal Warehouse Co. Sunday afternoon resulting in cigarettes, reportedly valued at $1 million, taken from the building.

Dr. John Lomax of Soderstrom Skin Institute was working with a colleague in a clinic located in the Dominican Republic. The two were performing a skin graft on a patient when Lomax began to feel abnormal movements through his operating table.
“I was thinking, ‘Who’s the idiot that keeps bumping my operating table?’” Lomax said.
Suddenly, the oxygen tanks in the room began rocking.
“The ground started rolling like I was on a boat,” he said.
It was beyond his realization that what just occurred was going to be one of the largest earthquake tragedies in the history of the western world.

Even Google could not help Lucinda Martin find a former Jefferson Elementary teacher that left not only a memory, but also a poem on her wall that reminds her to read past the negative and shed light on the positive.

The addition of three new businesses to Morton were among the accomplishments celebrated at the Morton Economic Development Council’s second annual investor’s luncheon Jan. 12.

Morton Mayor Norm Durflinger offered a list of village-employee suggestions to help cut costs in the midst of the village's expected $2.7 million general fund deficit.

A 4-year-old Morton boy is dead after a loaded firearm accidentally discharged Friday night in Peoria.

Austin R. Williams, of Morton, was pronounced dead at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria Friday evening after a gunshot wound to the head.

“Oh, no. You took my rook,” junior Joe Zeller sarcastically remarked as he practiced with junior Seth Ruder Thursday.

The Morton High School library turns to a room of laughter and trash talk when the chess team files in for practice.

It has been four years since a chess team existed at the high school. But, with a new one in place, team members say it just seems like a natural fit.

“The first year was magical because nobody realized what the children could do.”

Dr. Andrew Morgan, director of the Penguin Project, spoke about the program’s inception and its first production six years ago.

“If you are new to it, it will have the same impact,” Morgan said.

Include me in that category. I had never witnessed a Penguin Project production. I barely knew anything about the program.

Dr. Larry Patton's family practice closes

On Dr. Larry Patton’s last day of work, 87-year-old Virginia Oedewaldt was treated for the final time by not just her doctor but also her close friend.

“He hugged me and said, ‘You’re special. I’m going to miss you,” said Oedewaldt, who has been a patient at Jefferson Street Clinic for more than 40 years. “I just feel terrible. I told him he has to stay in business until I’m gone. ... I’ll miss Larry terribly. I feel like I can call on him as a friend,” she said.

Morton High School has been awarded the Red Quill Award for 2009-2010 by ACT’s Midwest Regional Office. The award was established in 2006 to recognize schools in the Midwest that are taking an innovative approach to improve their curriculum and have shown consistent growth in student ACT scores over time ...

Tazewell County Christmas tree mulching sites have been announced. Trees may be mulched through Jan. 15.

Three Mortanites braved the icy waters of the Illinois River New Year’s Day wearing nothing more than blue body paint and a pair of shorts.