Visitors from around the world descended on to the former Chanute Air Force recently to take a trip to the past.

Japanese beetles were out in force in Western Illinois this summer, doing more damage to crops than any other insect, according to the "2017 Soybean Survey" by the Illinois Natural History Survey's Agricultural Pest Program.

A broken Legislature has not brought good luck for Rep. Chad Hays (R-Catlin), who announced on July 2 that the ongoing discord is at least partly to blame for his decision not to run for re-election in 2018.