Saturday, May 25 2013 10:38 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:38:46 GMT
Illinois State Police are the scene of a car wreck on U.S. 51 near DuQuoin.Du Quoin State Police and the Perry County Sheriff's Office tells us U.S. 51 is shut down near Highway 14.
Illinois State Police are the scene of a car wreck on U.S. 51 near Du Quoin.
Saturday, May 25 2013 10:18 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:18:36 GMT
Jason Ellis (Source: Bardstown Police)
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
Officials in western Kentucky are taking a cue from Tennessee in their effort to make Owensboro synonymous with bluegrass music.
Officials in western Kentucky are taking a cue from Tennessee in their effort to make Owensboro synonymous with bluegrass music.
ALTO PASS, IL (KFVS) -
The lack of rain and extreme heat is turning the soil into concrete for many farmers across Southern Illinois.
"We're from 13" to 15" below normal rainfall. And it has a dramatic effect on our production," said Ren Sirles at Rendleman Orchards.
The farm does have the ability to irrigate some of their vegetable fields, but not their fruit trees.
"We've lost close to forty percent of our production for this year compared to a normal year," Sirles said.
And the soil isn't getting any better, in fact Sirles says it's just getting dryer and harder.
The only thing that will turn things around is rain. But how much and how fast it falls will determine just how good it does the crops.
"An inch of rain overnight that comes in real slow will actually be better for us then say a 4-inch rain in 45 minutes," said Sirles. " Because the ground is so hard it's almost impervious."
And Sirles says the area is going into it's hottest and driest time of the year, the months of July and August.
"It's going to be tough because we've gone through May and June which has been like a July and August. So I'm hoping that maybe we'll be like a September and October with cooler temperatures and more moisture."
After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.
After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.
Saturday, May 25 2013 7:00 AM EDT2013-05-25 11:00:14 GMT
(KTXL/CNN) - A California man scarfed down more than 11 pounds of apple pie ... and somehow lived to tell the tale. Jamie "The Bear" McDonald consumed two giant apple pies in an attempt to break two world
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."
The trucker was hauling drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him....
The lack of rain and extreme heat is turning the soil into concrete.
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