Paralyzed man can ride motorcycle again

SULLIVAN, Ill. | Travis Mundy hops aboard a Gold Wing to talk to God or shout at him, depending on Mundy's mood.

Central Illinois town has silk flower maestro

DECATUR, Ill. | The man who arranges silk flowers into memorials never disappoints a faithful customer, living or dead.

Fiddlers learn art the traditional way

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. | There was no fiddler on the roof, but there were fiddlers just about everywhere else Feb. 17 as the Illinois Old Time Fiddlers Association gathered for their monthly meeting in Shelbyville.

Abe Lincoln played key role in Lincoln

LINCOLN, Ill. | The fruits of Abraham Lincoln's life just keep on giving.

Central Illinois man preaches motorcycle safety

MACON, Ill. | Don Koehler's T-bucket hot rod needed almost as many repairs as its driver.

Central Illinois man creates art

DECATUR, Ill. | The man who carves books into art doesn't stop there.

Ill. woodworker finds specialty with 'hope chests', IL

WARRENSBURG, Ill. | The devil, it is said, is in the details.

Passive solar house blends in with nature

OREANA | There's a lot to be said for just tucking your house into a bucolic hillside and allowing Mother Nature to come fill up your senses.

Illinois man rigs bird feeders for video

How about this for a reality TV show: Violent, colorful and unpredictable characters fighting for their share of the spoils, each likely to fly off the handle at the drop of a sunflower seed.

ILLINOIS STYLE: Clinton man views history through grandpa's photos

CLINTON | If a picture is worth a thousand words, Benjamin "Bennie" Franklin Oliver wrote a very long book.

Illinois family recreates that hunting lodge look

CERRO GORDO, Ill. (AP) -- Choosing appropriate illumination for that cozy 8,000-square-foot log cabin in the woods can leave flustered second-home owners on the horns of a dilemma.

Downstate man's craft set in stone

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Jody Fronk's life has been full of glittering moments.

Downstate man discovers asteroid, names it after his wife

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) -- God willing, we'll never meet Jackie Holmes. Not the Jackie Holmes who runs the Shooting Stars photographic studio with her husband, Robert E. Holmes Jr., over in Charleston. She's harmless and nice.