Tag result for article published on Fri March 08 2013 8:26 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: burn victim, Cary, explosion, factory explosion, factory explosion Cary, flight for life, Illinois
EXPLOSION CAUGHT ON VIDEO (6:52): Explosion with debris flying and heavy smoke from a commercial building where paint and paint striping systems are manufactured at 640 Industrial Drive in Cary, Illinois (VIDEO CREDIT: 3GSTORE.COM). Three people were seriously injured at a paint factory explosion on Industrial Drive in Cary Tuesday after, but fortunately are expected [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue September 18 2012 11:08 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: credit rating downgrade, Illinois, Standard & Poor's Rating Services, State of Illinois
Videotape issued today from Senator Mark Kirk regarding downgrading of the State of Illinois credit rating. On August 17, 2012 the Illinois General Assembly ended its special session, having failed to pass comprehensive reforms to the state’s pension system, which S&P has cited as one reason for its downgrade of the state’s general obligation debt [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon August 13 2012 2:12 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: fatal crash, head-on crash, Illinois, Richmond
McHenry County Sheriff and Richmond Fire Protection District firefighters responded about 11:58 a.m. Saturday to a report of a crash on Route 12 south of Mackwood Drive. Sheriff’s deputies and firefighter/paramedics received a report of entrapment in a vehicle that was on fire after a crash involving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, a pickup truck and [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu August 02 2012 6:22 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: bus crash, bus crash I-55, Illinois, Litchfield
A double-decker Megabus traveling from Chicago to Kansas City slammed into a concrete bridge-support pillar along a southern Illinois interstate near Litchfield. One person was killed and over 20 injured after a Megabus Double-decker bus crash on Interstate 55 near Litchfield, Illinois and about 55 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Early reports are that [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed July 25 2012 12:21 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: air quality, drought, dry weather, dryness, Dust storm, food prices, high temperatures, hot temperatures, Illinois, insects, price increase, price increases, United States, USDA, weather records, wildfire, wildfires
U.S. Drought Monitor Map for July 17, 2012 (See current data at droughtmonitor.unl.edu). As of July 23, 2012 the United States is experiencing the worst drought conditions since 1956. Currently the drought is considered in third place compared to the Dust Bowl ranging from 1930 to 1936 (some areas until 1940), and a United States [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu June 14 2012 11:31 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, Cook County, foreclosure, foreclosure activity, foreclosure rates, Illinois, Real Estate
Chicago, Illinois along with Miami, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; and Phoenix, Arizona have the status of the cities with the top foreclosure activity in the United States. Foreclosure rates in Chicago amount to about one in every 252 housing units — the fourth-highest among the nation’s 20 largest metro areas. Illinois is [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu May 10 2012 4:57 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: AMBER ALERT, Illinois, Peoria
At the request of the Peoria Police Department, the ILLINOIS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM is activated for an Amber Alert. Two children were abducted from 330 SW Washington, Peoria at 10:20 a.m. today, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Children Abducted … Moriah Milan, female,black,1, 2’6,24lbs, green shirt,blue jeans green coat, purple/pink reebok shoes Audermar Peterson, male/black, 2 [...]
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Posted in Crimes Notebook
Tag result for article published on Wed February 29 2012 2:03 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Harrisburg, Harrisburg map, Illinois, severe weather radar, tornado, tornado radar
Still image from Weather Underground archived loop Paducah, Kentucky radar at 5:00 a.m. CST — about the time of Harrisburg, Illinois tornado (Weather Underground — Live Paducah Radar) Weather forecast for Harrisburg, Illinois as of Wednesday 2:00 p.m. February 29, 2012. This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a west southwest wind [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun January 01 2012 1:34 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: aggravated arson, aggravated arson Peru, arson fire, Illinois, Peru, Peru Fire Department
The Westclox building went up in flames at the break of the New Year. The fire reportedly was started by a pair of local teenagers. Video from the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Peru, Illinois firefighters and police responded about 11:58 a.m. New Year’s Eve to the Westclox factory building complex in a [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri November 25 2011 6:34 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Arizona, Black Friday, Black Friday violence, Buckeye, California, Fayetteville, Illinois, Kinston, Nile, North Carolina, Oakland, Walmart
VIDEO: Get off my foot! A mob fights for 4GB memory cards at Walmart in Oakland, California. Girls and moms were reported to be punching each other over a special deal on yoga pants at the Victoria’s Secret at Monroeville Mall. – CBS Pittsburgh … A woman used pepper spray to get priority access to [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue November 22 2011 8:48 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: death notice, deer hunting accident, East Dubuque, Evergreen Park, GSW, gunshot wound, hunting accident, Illinois, Inverness, Menominee, misdemeanor reckless conduct
John P. Hanlon The Menominee-Dunleith Fire Department, Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office, East Dubuque police, Illinois State Police and Illinois Conservation police responded to a 911 call about 5:30 a.m. Saturday, November 19, 2011 near the intersection of U.S. Highway 20 and Dunn Road in Menominee, Illinois near East Dubuque, Illinois. John Hanlon, 44, [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun November 13 2011 5:21 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: apparent self-inflicted wounds, death investigation, death notice, Illinois, Springfield
Springfield, Illinois firefighter/paramedics and police responded to the home of Dr. Thomas Shanahan about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 8, 2011. Shanahan was found unresponsive by a neighbor outside, near his home. Soon after the discovery, a death investigation was underway, and Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards reported in an autopsy that Shanahan had cuts on [...]
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