WASHINGTON - They would have visited the 9/11 Museum and Memorial, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, St.

LACON - A growing local manufacturer of farm drainage tile is eyeing Lacon's long-dormant industrial park as the possible site for a new plant.

Despite record-setting amounts of rain once again drenching many parts of Illinois in May, farmers across the state have managed to get the majority of their crops in the ground.

LACON - City of Lacon officials are hoping that the Rebuild Illinois program will pay for a $1.1 million upgrade of a street that is heavily used by semis going to and from two industrial businesses.

PEORIA -- A house fire early Sunday in North Peoria resulted in $100,000 in damage and two occupants rescued from the second floor, authorities stated.