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A series of great snaps by photographer Albert Dros of Dubai’s window cleaners are trending worldwide and being shared across social media. Speaking to PetaPixel, Dros said he was in Dubai to shoot photos of the city’s skyline rising above the clouds. But then the opportunity presented itself when he encountered the window cleaners. “At some point, some workers entered the roof,” Dros says. I asked them if I could take some photos while they were going down. They said that would be no p...

An Iraqi toddler has been administered a life-saving injection worth AED 8 million at Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital in Dubai.

Mar 4, 2021 8:04 AM (SPRINGFIELD) The Natural Resource Conservation Service has announced funding is now available for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program and the Agricultural Land Easement (ACEP-ALE) program. Through conservation easements, NRCS provides financial assistance to eligible partners to assist with the purchase of Agricultural Land Easements (ALE), which helps farmers and landowners keep working croplands and grasslands in active, profitable agriculture production. While...

Submitting Production Losses for Disaster Declarations Farmers and ranchers know all too well that natural disasters can be a common, and likely a costly, variable to their operation. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has emergency assistance programs to provide assistance when disasters strike, and for some of those programs, a disaster designation may be the eligibility trigger. When natural disaster occurs, there is a process for requesting a USDA Secretarial disaster designation for a county. Y...

The Kentucky Senate has voted to require schools to reopen in-person instruction by late March. Senators passed the bill Wednesday. The bill is potent...

Newton, IL, USA / WIKK 103.5 FM The Eagle | Classic Rock Mar 4, 2021 7:52 AM (CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 2,104 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday with 44 additional deaths, bringing the state’s new death toll due to coronavirus-related issues to 20,626. In the latest hospitalization report, of the 1,260 people in statewide hospital with COVID-19, 275 are in Intensive Care Units and 138 others are currently on ventilators. For updat...

Recent flash flooding has led to destruction in many areas across Eastern Kentucky. Many have lost their homes, cars, and personal belongings. Here ar...

Brant and Sherri talk about the beauty of living each day. A thoughtful discussion... How are you spending you...

Newton, IL, USA / WIKK 103.5 FM The Eagle | Classic Rock Mar 3, 2021 8:03 AM (OLNEY) State Representative Adam Niemerg will have satellite office hours later today in three regional counties. From 9:00 to 11:00 this morning at the Hope Center in Albion, from 12:00 to 2:00 this afternoon at the Light & Water Office in Carmi, and from 3:00 to 4:30 this afternoon at the City Hall in Mt. Carmel. Residents and business owners are urged to share their ideas and voice their concerns during the visits....

Mar 3, 2021 8:06 AM (CHAMPAIGN) Only two free webinars are left in the University of Illinois’ Farmdoc Program for statewide and midwestern farmers. The remaining free one hour sessions on the next two Thursdays run each day from 11:00 to 12:00 noon and are aimed at helping farmers plan for a profitable year. * * Pre-registration is required. Go online to www.farmdoc.illinois.edu/webinars. ); } return false; }); $(#comments .commentlist .comment-content a).attr(target,_blank); }); ON�...