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MOUNT STERLING, Ill. The photos on the wall tell the story of fire and ambulance service in Brown County. Pictures include horse-drawn equipment for the fire department established in 1886 and shots from the ambulance... More>>
PITTSFIELD, Ill. -- Vonda Ottwell is getting close, and she's understandably excited. The journey is almost over. "Three or four years ago, I couldn't read a book to my grandsons," she said. Now she is able to... More>>
PITTSFIELD, Ill. -- The Pittsfield City Council is looking into potential liability issues posed by wildlife at Pittsfield-Penstone Airport. Pittsfield resident Dr. James Grote raised concerns Tuesday about wildlife --... More>>
Tripp Kinney needed patience during Tuesday's opening round of the Pepsi Titan Little People's Golf Championships at Westview Golf Course. Kinney is skilled at showing patience these days, thanks to his work with a yellow Labrador retriever named Bearing. From October 2011 to March 2013, Kinney trained Bearing to be a service dog. More>>
Two-year-old Malachi Smith's life was cut short by a freak traffic accident on Saturday night. Malachi was traveling with his father when they came across some flash flooding. Within seconds, Malachi was awoken from a deep sleep and swept away in the tide. "I fought and fought and fought," his father said. "I can't tell you the terror that I felt that I couldn't get my son out of that car." More>>
A Quincy woman was in critical condition early Wednesday with injuries sustained in a motorcycle-pickup truck accident at 12:04 p.m. Tuesday on the Gardner Expressway. Rebecca Winters, 43, was taken by ambulance to... More>>
Karen Wolf brushes a powdered sunscreen over her scarred nose at least four times a day. The slightly raised tissue heals where a cancerous basal cell once grew. She speculates years of playing softball in the sun caused... More>>
The city of Quincy plans to request proposals from parties interested in redeveloping the Newcomb Hotel so it can avoid owning the deteriorating building if it obtains the title from the current owner. More>>
Dave Fisher played in the first Pepsi TItan Little People's Golf Championships in 1974. Now he is passing down the tradition. This week, his 8-year-old son, Luke, is playing in the LPGC for the first time. More>>
MOUNT STERLING, Ill. -- A 2-year-old Versailles boy died late Saturday night after the car he was riding in was swept off a flooded road south of Mount Sterling and into a creek. Brown County Sheriff Karl Groesch, who also... More>>
There's one reason why Josephine Burkey stays active with the Brown County Ambulance Service. "I love it," Burkey said. At 85, the Mount Sterling woman is the state's oldest active EMT, still handling at least 80 hours a week on call. More>>
The Mississippi Valley Historic Auto Club hosted its 46th annual Father's Day Car Show at All America Park on Sunday, with a showcase of 36 vintage automobiles ranging from Model Ts to Corvettes.
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Father's Day is always special for Kenny Pratt, but not necessarily in the way most might think. Pratt, 54, grew up without a dad, but takes tremendous pride in watching his son, Keith, 33, mature and develop as a... More>>
A few moments before the beginning of Friday night's American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Adams County, a young girl held up a white sign embossed with purple lettering in the stands at Flinn Stadium in Quincy. ... More>>
Mother Nature's fury of heavy downpours and straight-line winds this year have caused flooding below, and leaking problems above, Quincy's homes -- and is supporting a booming roofing industry. Quincy has received... More>>
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