“I’m teaching my son how to live,” Janis Payne of Dixon said Saturday, March 21, 2026, while the two hiked and enjoyed the weather at Franklin Creek State Park. (Alex T. Paschal)
Photojournalist/columnist for Sauk Valley Media
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