PHOTOS: Outlook - Learn

LATHAM — The motorcycles of our time feature gyroscopic steering, wet clutches, shaft drives, and any number of other technological niceties. …

DECATUR — Nobody knows for sure, but historians’ best guess is that when workers laid the foundation at the house that today stands at 437 W. …

PANA — As long as Jim Pride can remember, the radio broadcast connoisseur has had a burr under his saddle to write a Western novel.

DECATUR — Stephen Decatur Middle School will temporarily become a high school again in August.

DECATUR — “OK, we’re looking at flexion and extension,” Heartland Technical Academy instructor Theresa McCormick said, addressing a small grou…

ARGENTA — It’s been said that one bad apple can spoil the bunch, but at Argenta-Oreana High School, administrators and staff this year are put…

WARRENSBURG — Even in a new world of e-readers, libraries are hardly being left in the dust. On the contrary, libraries are helping blaze trai…

DECATUR — If there is a body of water around, Ted Kuzel says he’s never far from tranquility base.

DECATUR — The Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of Central Illinois do more than sell the popcorn and cookies that many people look forwar…

DECATUR — Decatur Athletic Club youth director Cheri Farrell may have a unique way of teaching kids basketball, but you can’t argue with the r…

DECATUR — Cheryl Smith can’t fully explain the connection between her horses and the special-needs children who ride them, but she never tires…

ASSUMPTION - Angie Neal, owner of The Dance Station, with studios in Bethany and Assumption, began taking dance lessons in first grade. In onl…

DECATUR — Arvid Adell is a man for all seasons and a teacher and preacher for many reasons.

PANA — Carol Schramm enjoyed a 44-year career as teacher, coach and athletic director at the high school in this city of 6,000 and retired a c…

DECATUR — Some skills never become irrelevant.

DECATUR — The Shinzato family traveled 6,300 miles to discover something many local families still haven’t figured out: the Macon County Conse…

DECATUR — From its beginnings in Springfield, Mass., in 1916, Junior Achievement has grown into a worldwide, volunteer-driven organization, de…

FORSYTH - Rich Nottelmann is bullish on America. He is bullish on small businesses, and he is bullish on golf.

DECATUR — There’s a trick to petting a hedgehog.

DECATUR — If you improve it, they will come.

LINCOLN — For 50 years, Ken Mayes has been a historian of Illinois High School Association basketball.

TAYLORVILLE — During a time when many financial institutions are struggling, Palmer Bank in Taylorville is experiencing growth and profitability.

PANA — The patient wasn’t dead, but he wasn’t well, either.

DECATUR — Travontaye Claypool has had fun the last few years learning about the outdoors through various trips to canoe, hike, explore caves a…