Thursday, June 20 2013 4:16 AM EDT2013-06-20 08:16:14 GMT
People traveling south on Interstate 71 for the next few days will find some lanes closed as state inspectors examine the bridge over the CSX railroad at mile point 32.3.
People traveling south on Interstate 71 for the next few days will find some lanes closed as state inspectors examine the bridge over the CSX railroad at mile point 32.3.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:43 PM EDT2013-06-20 00:43:53 GMT
A legendary event makes its way back into Du Quoin after a 13-year absence.
A legendary event makes its way back into Du Quoin after a 13-year absence.
WEST FRANKFORT, IL (KFVS) -
Crews put out a meth fire in West Frankfort Monday night. But not before 27 year old Kristena Grant was seriously hurt.
It happened at a home on 311 East 4th Street, according to the West Frankfort Fire Department.
A neighbor called 911 shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Monday. When they arrived they found Grant in a back bedroom severely burned and several items in the room on fire.
Police say Grant was using the "shake and bake" method of meth making at her mother's home when it caused and flash fire, catching her and other things in the home on fire.
"My husband and I were sitting in the living room, I was on my computer," said Shirley Brauninger of West Frankfort. She lives across the street for the home where Grant was injured.
"We heard this big explosion! It's been a concern for us for several years because we've suspected there was drug activity over there," said Brauninger. "But we had no proof. There was always people coming and going all hours of the day and night. They would stay like a minute of two then they would be gone."
Grant was airlifted to a St. Louis area hospital with major injuries.
"We've always been very watchful over that house. Because we expected something like this to happen at some point."
Two West Frankfort Firefighters, had to be treated at a local hospital for smoke inhalation and exposure to meth making chemicals.
"I was wondering if we would have to be evacuated or something being the closest house to that house over there," Brauninger said.
The Illinois State Police Meth Lab Response team were called upon to clean up the meth making materials inside the home.
Police say they will be charging Grant with manufacture of methamphetamine.
A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program.
The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:11 PM EDT2013-06-20 00:11:51 GMT
A man and woman from Jackson face drug charges after a search warrant uncovers what agents call an elaborate meth lab operating inside a home on East Jefferson.
A man and woman from Jackson face drug charges after a search warrant uncovers what agents call an elaborate meth lab operating inside a home on East Jefferson.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 11:18 PM EDT2013-06-20 03:18:30 GMT
(RNN) - Celebrity chef and southern food connoisseur Paula Deen was back in a controversial spotlight Wednesday, alleged of using racial slurs as jokes in her restaurants in front of employees. According
Celebrity chef and southern food connoisseur Paula Deen was back in a controversial spotlight Wednesday, alleged of using racial slurs as jokes in her restaurants in front of employees.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:31 PM EDT2013-06-20 00:31:56 GMT
Police call him the trigger man in a double family murder, but now authorities are wondering if a Cape Girardeau man had his hand in the transfer of millions of dollars.
Police call him the trigger man in a double family murder, but now authorities are wondering if a Cape Girardeau man had his hand in the transfer of millions of dollars.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 3:46 PM EDT2013-06-19 19:46:47 GMT
More sinkholes have appeared in Cape Girardeau, one of which is located in a residential area on Ellis Street. Neighbors say they noticed the hole on Monday when the area was hit with heavy rains.
More sinkholes have appeared in Cape Girardeau, one of which is located in a residential area on Ellis Street. Neighbors say they noticed the hole on Monday when the area was hit with heavy rains.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:29 AM EDT2013-06-19 13:29:19 GMT
NEW WEST MINISTER, CANADA (WAVE) - A second grader with a disability was seemingly shunned during a class picture. For Anne Belanger, the photo was completely unacceptable. Her son, Miles, was pushed
A second grader with a disability was seemingly shunned during a photo shoot at his elementary school.
(Source: KFVS multimedia journalist Arnold Wyrick)
(Source: KFVS multimedia journalist Arnold Wyrick)
(Source: KFVS multimedia journalist Arnold Wyrick)
(Source: KFVS multimedia journalist Arnold Wyrick)
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