ARTHUR – Ken and Marge Byers of Bloomington have been selling tomatoes, sweet corn and other vegetables at the Bloomington farmers market for a few years now, and almost every week they sell all their ...

ARTHUR, Ill. (AP) - Visitors to Arthur perhaps aren't used to seeing an Amish horse and buggy rig at a coffee shop's drive-through window. It's common for Arthur residents, however. Horses and buggies ...

ARTHUR, Ill. (AP) — The “English,” or non-Amish, in Arthur and the surrounding communities may have access to high-tech smartphones that provide nearly every means of communication possible, but their ...

ARTHUR — A cheese-carving contest will join the traditional cheese giveaways and other competitions at this year’s Arthur Amish Country Cheese Festival. The carving contest is a new event for the ...

ARTHUR — Sarah Helmuth, 67, started preparing for the Shriners Auction in Arthur the day before. She, along with the help of a few other Amish girls and women, were tasked with peeling, cooking and ...

Participants wait for the start of an Amish Country Tractor Cruise in Arthur. Participants wait for the start of a previous Amish Country Tractor Cruise in Arthur. The event — weather permitting — ...

ARTHUR — Peter Bysko has a workshop at home in Springfield, but his tools are all power tools. “I have hand tools,” he said with a chuckle, “but they're just for display.” He and his wife, Michele, ...