Fall classics

College football matchups are just a few hours away and help a good cause

While there is no shortage of great prep gridiron action or NFL team spirit in Springfield, the capital city's offering of college football leaves something to be desired. Sure,

2008 Fall Guide | Wednesday, August 27,2008

Autumn amusement

Abe’s Corn Maze and other corny festivals

By Amanda Robert

If you're looking to get into the maze craze this fall, we have great news — Springfield will host its very own 10-acre corn creation. If that's not enough, it's even cut i

2008 Fall Guide | Wednesday, August 27,2008

Fall... in love

You don’t have to be alone this winter

By R. L. Nave

By now, your summer fling is either nearing an end, you're thinking about taking the relationship to the next level, or the thought of spending the holiday season alone is depres

2008 Fall Guide | Wednesday, August 27,2008

Remembering Everett Dirksen

Pekin’s Dirksen Center celebrates a colorful character

By Linda Hughes

The colorful and raspy-voiced U. S. Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen died in 1969, but his memory lives on at the Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin, near Peoria. This is a research center,

2008 Fall Guide | Wednesday, August 27,2008

Haunted hot spots

From “R-Rated Springfield” to the “Haunted Dead Walk” and “Terror on the Square”

By Amanda Robert

No kids allowed. It's a strict requirement of Garret Moffett's new October tour, "R-Rated Springfield." "If you enjoy TV shows like 'The Sopranos,' then you will enjoy this,"

2008 Fall Guide | Wednesday, August 27,2008

Pick your pleasure

Soak up the season while harvesting berries and apples

By Dusty Rhodes

Many days, Mother Nature locks you indoors and keeps you there with her sweltering heat or bone-chilling cold, soul-sapping humidity or ear-warping wind, rain, snow, sleet, thund

2008 Fall Guide | Wednesday, August 27,2008

Visit Postville, where Lincoln argued cases

Courthouse replica offers a feel for 19th century justice

By Linda Hughes

Despite local opposition, in 1929 Henry Ford bought and dismantled the courthouse in Postville and had it set up again at his Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Mich. The courthouse