Woodford County news briefs
— April 17, 2019Residents honored for their work in public health The Woodford County Health Department announced the 2019 Public Health Award recipients. To receive the award, a resident of County…
Residents honored for their work in public health The Woodford County Health Department announced the 2019 Public Health Award recipients. To receive the award, a resident of County…
EUREKA Special guests help celebrate National Library Week This week is National Library Week. The Eureka Public Library will be having a drawing for a Kindle Fire HD8 tablet, guessing…
Despite the efforts of three fire departments, an early-morning fire has claimed the life of an East Peoria man. Nearly 45 firefighters from Spring Bay, Germantown Hills and Metamora…
Neither Oz the drug-sniffing dog, or K-9 unit officer Sgt. Tim Ford, will be retired from the Metamora Police Department to save money. The rumor arose during an Oct. 16 village board…
Though Metamora Grade School students may not have walked a literal mile in other people’s shoes, they certainly took great strides in understanding differences during the school’s…
During spring break at Eureka College, high school freshmen crammed into Room 205 at Burgess Hall, where Andrea Ingwersen waits with a nicotine vaporizer, the words “It’s Not Cool…
For the second time in recent weeks, Metamora Police Sgt. Tim Ford and his K-9, Oz, are in the spotlight. For reasons left unsaid, Metamora Mayor Ken Maurer placed Metamora Police Chief…
A mix up over a misspelled word has left El Paso residents without a public pool for the summer. Built in 1991, South Pointe Pool, at the foot of S. Sycamore Street, needed upgrades…