Herald & Review

DECATUR — Winning the Rex Spires Decatur Men's City Amateur title wasn't exactly a weight off Hunter York's shoulders.

In this corner, Dr. Leslie Parrott.

CARLOCK — Through tears and laughter, Judy Laskowski tells the story of how her rural Carlock home blew up last week. "We must have had a guardian angel. I'm not sure how else we would have made it," she said.

NORMAL — Some players sulk when taken out of the starting lineup. MiKyle McIntosh was just the opposite. The 6-foot-7 freshman figures to see plenty of action when ISU takes on Loyola at 7 p.m. Saturday at Redbird Arena.

MATTOON — The trails of Douglas-Hart Nature Center were different this past weekend.

BLOOMINGTON — While watching her six-month-old son one afternoon more than three years ago, the owner of a two-story house on Lee Street in Bloomington noticed that something — or someone — had caught his attention.

SULLIVAN – Madison Moll and Kelsey Clark are best friends.

NORMAL — A traditional Korean hanbok and a sequined dress that called to mind “The Little Mermaid” were among the inspirations for displays at the upcoming “Fashion at the Mansion.”

FORSYTH -- Dylan Flock's wedge game was always enough to make him a good varsity player, even when he couldn't drive a ball more than 170 yards.

DECATUR – When it comes to ranking bravery, there are the merely courageous and then are those who enjoy accelerating to more than 60 mph on a motorized bicycle.

DECATUR – Recent good weather cleared up the opportunity for work to increase storage capacity for sediment dredged from Lake Decatur.

DECATUR – In the sweet garden of childhood memory, Craig Warrick holds onto the taste of his salad days.

BLOOMINGTON — Seventh-grader Alexander Clayton left Bloomington Junior High School last week bursting with ideas.

DECATUR – Tattoos after breast cancer mean different things, depending on whom you ask.

CHAMPAIGN — There were 38 seconds to play and Illinois trailed by six points, still 57 yards from the Nebraska end zone when quarterback Wes Lunt told wide receiver Malik Turner he was about to become a hero.

Thinking about an undefeated record 20 games into the season wasn't exactly what Shelbyville setter Courtney Williams envisioned at the season's start.

OREANA – Fifth-grader Zachary Sargeant didn't mind raising money to buy playground equipment he probably won't be around to enjoy.

CHAMPAIGN – Nebraska coach Mike Riley said he has watched tape showing his team’s breakdowns in the secondary and was so shocked he stopped to ask a rhetorical question:

DECATUR -- For four quarters, Eisenhower looked like a team used to winning, weathering an early push from Springfield Lanphier before swatting the Lions in a 46-14 win on Friday.

DECATUR -- Both St. Teresa coach Tim Brilley and quarterback Ryan Fyke credited maturity to what's bolstered the Bulldogs' play of late.

MONTICELLO – Its offense wasn't scoring, so Monticello's defense generated the Sages first points.

DECATUR – Artists from all over the country, from California to New Jersey, have submitted their work for this years' October National. Presented by Gallery 510, the annual exhibit is a juried art show featuring the work of 31 artists…

DECATUR – Thursday was the 40th anniversary of the day that Gov. Dan Walker signed into law the bill proposed by Dennis School third-graders, that the monarch should be the state insect.

DECATUR – Will Bowen tells the story of two construction workers who have lunch together every day, and one of them always complains to the other about the contents of his lunch box.

St. Teresa's juniors and seniors had seen Jacardia Wright play for the Junior Dawgs, but it wasn't until he showed up for summer workouts that they knew they were looking at a varsity football player.

MOUNT ZION – Chandler Ramey grimaced thinking about it and then broke into a smile.

Members of United Auto Workers Local 2488 will take a strike authorization vote against Mitsubishi Motors on Thursday.

DECATUR – The French Academy second-graders knew they were going to Nelson Park on Wednesday, and they knew they were going to have lunch at the Beach House.

DECATUR – Sweeping in, not because she was late but because it's how she enters a room, Sharon Alpi gave an explanation she has given before.

TAYORVILLE – Lori Cunningham is proud of her work and isn't shy about sharing it.

DECATUR – Carly Haines came to the LSA High School on Monday out of uniform, but she didn't get in trouble.

MAROA -- Seven different players recorded kills for Maroa-Forsyth in its 25-22, 25-16 win against Tolono Unity on Tuesday.

DECATUR – When Stephen Decatur Middle School art teacher Merry Lanker was in college, she took a course in African-American art.

Decatur School District superintendent Lisa Taylor said the improvements being made in the district's volleyball programs are just part of an overall emphasis on athletics that began before she became superintendent.

DECATUR – It's the story no parent wants to live through and the diagnosis no one wants to hear.

SHELBYVILLE – Maybe they reached the point they were sure the match was theirs. Maybe they really thought the third set only went to 15.

Dylan Ground walked away from Prairie Vista Golf Course last year wondering what could have been.

DECATUR – Tyler Daily's egg drop contraption was modeled after a hot-air balloon.

DECATUR – Lisa Creason was 20 in 1993 when she tried to take money from the cash register at the Subway on East Eldorado Street.

DECATUR – Allison Phelps went to a dark place Sunday during the D-Town Throwdown.

DOLLVILLE – Ich habe vertauen in das Deutsch Kirche auf dem hugel in Dollville.

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DECATUR – Neighborhood groups and churches took advantage of a gorgeous, breezy early fall day to promote their causes and encourage young people to clean up the city.

CHAMPAIGN – As a member of the unofficial union of football place kickers, Taylor Zalewski nearly always roots for his fraternity brothers.

DECATUR – Orlando Alexander, a sixth-grader at Durfee Magnet School and a regular at Old King's Orchard Community Center, said the playground going up there Saturday was not what he expected.

DECATUR – Dozer is a champion kisser, and when he staffs the kissing booth at Homeward Bound events, he raises some serious dough.

DECATUR – Juan Luciano sees development of the Midwest Inland Port as an example of how innovation is being embraced in Decatur.

MAROA -- Wes Livingood had a bad start to Maroa-Forsyth's game Friday against Tolono Unity.

TAYLORVILLE – Mike Popovich offenses have never been shelled like they were Friday.

DECATUR -- It might have been when Eisenhower quarterback Cayleb Dehority guided a four-play drive for the first score.