Today's Features

Danielle Kellow of Vandalia and Cory Willms of Brownstown have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding.
The future bride is the daughter of Danny and Tami Kellow of Vandalia. She is a 1998 graduate of Vandalia Community High School and a 2007 graduate of Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville with a bachelor's degree.
The future groom is the son of John and Kathy Willms of Brownstown. He is a 2001 graduate of Brownstown High School. He is currently employed at Mason Masonry in Brownstown.

By Belinda Harpster

For the past 75 days, Lucas Van Engen has seen America like few people ever will – from the seat of a garden tractor.
Beginning on May 15 in Santa Monica, Calif., Van Engen has traversed nearly two-thirds the width of the continent – more than 2,000 miles so far – on a Sears Craftsman garden tractor. Powered by a 26-horsepower Kohler engine, the GT 5000 series tractor has held up just fine; perhaps better than Van Engen.

 Deborah Charmaine Decker and Stephen Lee Hunt were united in marriage at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Lincoln Park in Zionsville, Ind., with Dr. Barton Updike officiating double-ring ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Dorothy and the late Arlie R. White of Indiana.
The groom is the son of Raymond and Tonya Hunt of Fort Wayne, Ind. The late grandparents of the groom, Iona and Lee Hunt of Ramsey, and Hazel and Floyd Little of Vandalia, were honored during the ceremony and reception.