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Jeff D'Alessio is editor of The News-Gazette. His email is jdalessio@news-gazette.com. If BRANDON TAYLOR could swap jobs with anyone for a week, he’d probably pick a Piatt County farmer — one who grows corn or soybeans, not the kind he assisted for a few days as a teen as a favor to a friend.

There may not be a name more synonymous with an area town than Monahan and Arcola. “Arcola is the epitome of 'Town raises the child,'” says Tim Monahan, one of three brothers still involved in the day-to-day operations at The Thomas Monahan Company, which is celebrating its 100th year in business this year.

Debra Pressey is a reporter covering health care at The News-Gazette. Her email is dpressey@news-gazette.com, and you can follow her on Twitter (@DLPressey). Raising Cane’s, known for its chicken finger meals, is planning a fall opening for its new restaurant under construction at 411 E. Green St., C, the company said.

Jeff D'Alessio is editor of The News-Gazette. His email is jdalessio@news-gazette.com. Meet AMANDA BAER — living, breathing, small business-owning, New York Fashion Week-attending proof that the path to success need not always include a four-year stop on a college campus. “I only completed a year” at the University of...

We’re hitting a major milestone this year. Soon, Central Illinois Business Magazine will announce its 15th class of Forty Under 40. It all started back in 2008, when we named Mark Randall and Laura Huth our Man and Woman of the Year to headline our first class. Last year,...