The three young people who died in a two-vehicle crash on a Woodford County road early Saturday morning were, above all, great friends to each other and their group of loyal companions.

CHILLICOTHE - An employee at The Grille 2 has tested positive for COVID-19 causing the restaurant on Cedar Street to be closed until further notice, according to the restaurant's Facebook page.

"Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody, not no how. "Those words quoting the "Wizard of Oz" hung from the wall of the statehouse office of Tim Mapes.

PEORIA - Imagine a 280-pound offensive tackle lumbering through a cross country event, or hammering a golf ball this fall.

PEORIA - It's time for some much-deserved stick taps for Paul Wayvon.