Honorees for HerrinFesta Italiana 2018 were announced Tuesday at HerrinFesta Day at the Chamber.Cheryl Ranchino Trench, HerrinFesta Committee trustee and honoree chair, introduced this year’s honorees. Moreland-Bishop McDonald’s is the corporate honoree. The company, started in 1981 by John and Mary Moreland, is a locally owned family business, with 14 locations throughout Southern Illinois.
“John started out as a simple employee and rose to a McDonald’s dynasty in Southern Illinois,” Trench said. The business now includes the couple’s daughter and her husband, Stephanie and Shane Bishop, and son and his wife, Michael and Nicole Moreland.