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Applications still open for archery deer hunting around Lake Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — The City of Springfield’s City Water, Light and Power (CWLP) and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) are partnering again this year to allow archery deer hunting on specific properties around Lake Springfield from October through December. IDNR’s Illinois Recreational Access Program (IRAP)...
Bear Spotted Galloping Thru Carbondale, Illinois Farm Field
Do you doubt that there are more bears in Missouri and Illinois than ever before? Here's more video proof as a black bear was spotted galloping through a field near Carbondale, Illinois recently. I just came across this YouTube short shared by Scott McCree just a few days ago. Since...
Mid-Missouri teachers get free school supplies during KidSmart drive-thru event
COLUMBIA — Ameren Missouri and a St. Louis-based non-profit group called KidSmart distributed free school supplies Tuesday to some lucky Mid-Missouri teachers. More than 300 teachers from more than 40 Mid-Missouri schools went through a free school supply drive-through. KidSmart and Ameren Missouri hosted a teacher drive-thru distribution event...
National Association of Black Journalists Co-Chair Steps Down After Trump Announces Q&A at Convention
The co-chair of this year's National Association of Black Journalists convention has stepped down following the news that Donald Trump will attend. The post National Association of Black Journalists Co-Chair Steps Down After Trump Announces Q&A at Convention first appeared on Mediaite.
QPD officer returns from working Republican National Convention
QUINCY, Ill. (KHQA) — Sergeant Brent Holtman was sent to work the Republican National Convention, as part of the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, or I-LEAS. I-LEAS serves as an interstate mutual aid agreement, that send officers to departments that need help staffing large events. Holtman spent the week...
Unexpected Armadillo Invasion Poses New Challenges for Iowa
Iowa is experiencing a strange invasion... No, it's not an actual extra-terrestrial, but it's something that sure does look like something from another world, the armadillo. When you think animals in Iowa, you are not even imagining an armadillo. You're probably picturing a cow or even a pig. However, experts...
State Auditor Sand To Host Town Halls In Area On Thursday
Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand invites the public to join him for several town hall meetings scheduled for Thursday in four area counties. Sand will host the first town hall of the day in Crawford County in Denison’s Washington Park from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sand will share updates from his office’s efforts to monitor and protect taxpayers’ money and root out waste, fraud, and abuse in state, county, and local governments. He then heads to Carroll’s Southside Park for a town hall from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. before traveling to Sac City Park in Sac City from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Sand finishes the day in Rockwell City at the Calhoun County Courthouse’s gazebo from 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. The public is invited and encouraged to attend any of these town hall meetings. A list of the upcoming dates, times, and locations for Sand’s town halls in the region is included below.
QPD Blotter for July 29, 2024
Joshua N. Stotts, 20, of 635 State for Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle at 28th and Broadway. NTA 140. Harley D. Foster, 31, Homeless for Criminal Trespass to Real Property and Criminal Damage Over $500 at 405 Vermont. NTA 128. Teri M. Gibbons, 41, of 1125 S. 5th for Violation of...
Man dies from gunshot injury on Sunday morning, according to Keokuk Police
The Keokuk Police Department has reported that a man passed away due to a gunshot wound. In a Facebook post on Sunday afternoon, the KPD reported that they had responded to a service call regarding a man who had suffered a gunshot wound. According to the post, the incident was...
Illinois FOP: Justice has been moving swiftly in Sonya Massey case
Chris Southwood, Illinois Fraternal Order of Police State Lodge President, joins John Williams to talk about how his organization had nothing to do with the grievance filed by the Illinois FOP Labor Council in the shooting of Sonya Massey. Chris also discusses the vetting process when hiring police officers, how the SAFE-T Act made things […]
How to stay cool in this week’s extreme heat
Parts of north central Illinois, northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana are under a hazardous weather outlook, with thunderstorms, flooding and excessive heat possible, according to the National Weather Service. Local heat indices may exceed 100 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Brett Borchardt, a senior meteorologist...
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