Steve Stein

The Washington Historical Society is selling pieces of Washington's history ... 275 bricks at a time.

The event reached a pinnacle this school year. The team-record $27,169 raised for the Susan G. Komen Memorial was the most in the country for a high school volleyball team fundraiser for Komen.

Mayor Jeff Kaufman touched on a number of topics, including the village's response to what he called "growing pains." Morton's population has grown the past two years and now is close to 18,000, Kaufman said.

District 52 voters are being asked to change the course of history in the Washington school district.

Morton Mayor Jeff Kaufman has thrown his support behind Becky Cloyd, who is running for Pekin mayor in the April 4 election.

Classic books you may have had to read when you were in high school or college are the focus of a new book club at the Morton Public Library.