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, ...

ARTHUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Amish Heritage Center is getting ready for an expansion. The center — located east of Arthur and west of Arcola, just off the I-57 exit — announced the ...

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 – Amish history, propelled by horsepower, set off toward the future Tuesday morning. A team of eight hulking Belgian plow horses was hitched up to a trailer and, after a couple of false starts, ...

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 – 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 ...

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 — ...

Another season of Amish “mythbusting” is around the corner for the visitor and interpretative centers in Arcola and Arthur. April is when people start coming to learn more about the Amish people ...

ARTHUR — The Illinois Amish Heritage Center has announced plans to start construction this month on a new 10,000-square-foot museum and visitor center. Executive Director David King said in a news ...

ARTHUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Village of Arthur is making sure the Amish community is taken care of. This year they’ll be working on buggy lanes for a smoother ride. The Village President, Rod Randall, ...