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University of Illinois Nutrition Educator Promoting Fourth of July Food Safety
Food, friends, and family are staples of our Fourth of July celebrations and a local nutrition educator is encouraging food safety this week. Caitlin Mellendorf is a nutrition educator at the University of Illinois of Extension in DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Counties. She says keeping hot foods hot and cold foods cold is instrumental in a food-safe holiday gathering.
Macon County judge to consider experts in child sex abuse images case
DECATUR — Just how far experts can go in testimony aimed at clearing a Decatur couple accused of possessing multiple images of child sexual abuse is the looming battleground in the cases of Douglas Nichols and his wife, Kelly Nichols. The latest court filing by prosecutors aims to persuade...
West Nile Virus detected in Macon, Christian Counties
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The spread of West Nile Virus continues as two county health departments say they found batches of mosquitoes infected by the virus. In Christian County, officials reported a positive test of mosquitoes with West Nile Virus on Monday in north Taylorville. Macon County officials announced Thursday a mosquito batch that their […]
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