Saturday, May 25 2013 5:22 PM EDT2013-05-25 21:22:18 GMT
Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service members.
Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service members.
WEST FRANKFORT, IL (KFVS) -
A suspicious fire on Candy Cane Lane nearly wiped out a Southern Illinois holiday tradition.
It was just past 10 p.m. Wednesday night when firefighters got the call about the fire at Tim Murphy's home.
Murphy is the man who founded Candy Cane Lane. And his holiday display draws thousands of people to West Frankfort every year to see what's new.
And it almost all went up in smoke.
"We were sitting watching the Cardinals game last night. It was an exciting game," said Marilyn Murphy. "And I was like who is knocking at the door this late. And when we looked outside and saw the flames higher then the roof on the main storage building, our hearts just stopped."
The fire ignited in a storage building next to the main storage building filled with hundreds of wood characters.
"I was standing there praying to God, please save Candy Cane Lane," said Murphy. "Because if it had got into the main storage building there would have been no way they could have put it out. It's full of wood stacked floor to ceiling with characters ranging from Sponge Bob Square Pants to Mickey Mouse."
Investigators are now calling the fire suspicious and are looking for anyone who may have information about who started the fire on Wednesday night.
"Our prayers were answered. And Candy Cane Lane will go on this year," said Murphy. "But we're going to have to make all new stakes for the characters because they were all destroyed by the fire."
Saturday, May 25 2013 10:18 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:18:36 GMT
Jason Ellis (Source: Bardstown Police)
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
Saturday, May 25 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-05-25 15:00:12 GMT
DALLAS (WFSS/CNN) – There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. Breathing in the alcohol vapors gets you buzzed fast and some say you don't ingest any empty
There's a new trend in the bar scene that involves your favorite hard liquor and dry ice. But doctors say it's dangerous.
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