Friday, May 17 2013 10:28 PM EDT2013-05-18 02:28:19 GMT
When someone is texting and driving, they can travel an entire football field in just about the time it takes to read a text. So, what can parents do to prevent their teen from getting in a deadly wreck
When someone is texting and driving, they can travel an entire football field in just about the time it takes to read a text. So, what can parents do to prevent their teen from getting in a deadly wreck
Sunday, May 19 2013 11:56 AM EDT2013-05-19 15:56:55 GMT
A Steele woman hit by a train Saturday night is listed in critical condition. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it happened in Steele around 9 p.m. Troopers say 45-year-old Lisa Hemphill
A Steele woman hit by a train Saturday night is listed in critical condition.
Sunday, May 19 2013 11:10 AM EDT2013-05-19 15:10:39 GMT
A Doniphan man and woman were killed after a ATV crash shortly after midnight.
A Doniphan man and woman were killed after a ATV crash shortly after midnight.
HARRISBURG, IL (KFVS) -
The Harrisburg City Council votes three to one to fire City Treasurer Charles Will during Thursday night's council meeting.
After a number of routine city matters, the city council voted to go into executive session.
They returned nearly one hour later and Finance Commissioner Ron Crank proposed that they vote to fire City Treasurer Charles Will.
"I guess he felt that the treasurer wasn't going to take the office where he thought it should be," said Harrisburg Mayor Eric Gregg. " So he brought it before the council tonight to make a recommendation to remove the treasurer. So that's what happened this evening."
The Deputy City Treasurer Linda George will take over duties in the treasurer's office, until a new treasurer is appointed.
"He was just going in a different direction then the council wanted to go," said Finance Commissioner Ron Crank. " We felt like it's better to just let him go, and we'll start over."
In other news the council did vote unanimously to loan ReavillMED, LLC a hundred thousand dollars out of the city's Revolving Loan Fund.
The President/CEO Matt Reavill says he'll use the funds to build a new medical tool business in Harrisburg. And he plans on hiring only disabled Veterans in the area to work at the new company.
Sunday, May 19 2013 12:08 AM EDT2013-05-19 04:08:15 GMT
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - One person is dead after a single vehicle crash in Williamson County. According to the Williamson County Sheriff's Office, the crash happened at around 5 p.m. Friday, on
One person is dead after a single vehicle crash in Williamson County.
It's been less than 10 months since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.
It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials disclosed Sunday.
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:51 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:51:13 GMT
Early Saturday morning, Blytheville police officers were involved in a deadly shooting in response to a 911 call of a person being held hostage, according to Police Chief Ross Thompson.
Early Saturday morning, Blytheville police officers were involved in a deadly shooting in response to a 911 call of a person being held hostage, according to Police Chief Ross Thompson.
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:34 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:34:42 GMT
A new federal report says inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards.
A new federal report says inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards.
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