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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Multiple central Illinois fire stations are recipients for the 2024 Small Equipment Grant Program, according to an Illinois State Fire Marshal news release. In total, 165 fire departments/districts and EMS providers were granted up to $26,000 for small firefighting and ambulance equipment. We continue to see and hear about the need […]

Severe spring storms will bring heavy rain and thunder to the Plains and into the Mississippi Valley this weekend — including possible powerful tornadoes, large hail and flooding.

Lasers have helped uncover ancient human-made structures the world over.

Onion planting in Elba’s mucklands

“It is a peculiar thing to take a step forward in middle age, but having done it I don’t intend to retreat.”

This week in history in Douglas County.

SARANAC LAKE — Thousands of visitors arrived in the Tri-Lakes on Monday, April 8 in hopes of experiencing more than three minutes of darkness as the sun w

Today in History Today is Thursday, April 11, the 102nd day of 2024. There are 264 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 11, 196

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On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which included the Fair Housing Act, a week after the assassination of Martin