For everyone involved, the demolition of the American Legion Fred Herring Post 89 in Metamora was a sad situation. A portion of its past, however, has been salvaged and sheltered…
Usually, with a new job comes a bit of reorganizing. When Lynne Gilbert assumed the office of Woodford County Circuit Clerk in August 2016, what lay in store was closer to disaster…
When the Woodford County Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation donated $3,500 to the Metamora Township High School school archery team last December, it did more than simply…
A Metamora man faces up to five years in prison for misappropriation of government funds that were intended to benefit low-income Peoria County residents. In 2011, Dale E. Clarkson…
There was his life before the accident, then after, and there was an enormous difference between the two. But there was always only one Greg DePauw. The acclaimed Metamora artist, known…
Though the ceremonial red ribbon may be long since gone from the Village of Metamora welcome sign, it still remains covered in bureaucratic red tape. In 2013, the village and…
A Pekin woman has been indicted by a Peoria County grand jury on a Class 3 Felony charge of reckless homicide following an October 2017 accident that cause the death of a Metamora…
More than 100 years ago, Metamora villagers gathered for a one-day community reunion to celebrate the town’s 1830s origins. That was in 1901. Settlers originally arrived there…
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Democratic leadership gets behind Williamson’s ...Republican Amy Grant, R-47th, was first elected to the state House in ...
