Saturday, May 25 2013 1:25 PM EDT2013-05-25 17:25:23 GMT
A popular Grateful Dead tribute band from Missouri is taking a sabbatical - the result of a 30-month prison sentence for the lead singer.
A popular Grateful Dead tribute band from Missouri is taking a sabbatical - the result of a 30-month prison sentence for the lead singer.
CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) -
Carbondale leaders voted to support a resolution that would stop fracturing in Illinois. The city council cited potential safety concerns as the reason to support the resolution.
The council spent several moments discussing the issue during Tuesday night's city council meeting. Then the council heard from an enviromental group and an activist against fracturing.
When the roll was called on the issue the council voted 7-0 on their resolution to support a State of Illinois moratorium on fracturing until a more comprehensive study can be done about the dangers of the process.
Some Carbondale citizens are taking a stand on a controversial method of drilling for natural gas.
Known as hydraulic fracturing or, "fracking," companies pump millions of gallons of chemically-treated water into deep shale formations, causing the shale to crack and pushing the gas or oil to wells. The issue of whether or not to allow fracturing is one that many communities in Southern Illinois and across the nation have been talking about and dealing with in recent years.
Those against it say it also releases toxic chemicals into water supplies. The Jackson County Board has already voiced their support for a moratorium on fracturing.
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.
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.
Saturday, May 25 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-05-25 15:00:12 GMT
DALLAS (WFSS/CNN) – There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. Breathing in the alcohol vapors gets you buzzed fast and some say you don't ingest any empty
There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. But doctors say it's dangerous.
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