Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:12 AM EDT2013-06-19 14:12:57 GMT
A transportation advocacy group says about 1 in 12 Illinois bridges are "structurally deficient" and need serious maintenance and rehabilitation or should be replaced entirely.
A transportation advocacy group says about 1 in 12 Illinois bridges are "structurally deficient" and need serious maintenance and rehabilitation or should be replaced entirely.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:24 AM EDT2013-06-19 12:24:57 GMT
Jackson County authorities say seven train cars loaded with coal derailed in southern Illinois, but no injuries were reported.
Jackson County authorities say seven train cars loaded with coal derailed in southern Illinois, but no injuries were reported.
NEW MADRID COUNTY, MO (KFVS) -
More than 22,000 Missouri families benefit from the Head Start and Early Head Start program. But, with cuts looming, one program director says they're taking a wait and see approach.
"By the time they leave here, they are well on their way to kindergarten and they've learned a lot," said Deann Kirk, a Head Start teacher in Chaffee.
Kirk works with 3 to 5 year olds. Over in the Early Head Start facility in New Madrid, it's infants to 2 year olds.
"Maybe they don't know how to share yet or the only way of getting attention is do something negative," said Peggy Southard, an Early Head Start teacher.
So teachers like Southard teach them social skills along with building a foundation in the process.
"We help them with all the skills and background they need to be ready for preschool, kindergarten, or whatever else it is," Southard said.
"Lives are changed and it's hard to put a measurement on that," said Cindy Huey, a Head Start director.
Director Cindy Huey says it gives children that need the attention a chance to be successful.
"90% of the families that are served by this federal money are at or bottom the poverty level," Huey said.
A mentally disabled woman and her young child were enslaved for more than a year, denied food and threatened with a pet python and pit bills, and the woman was beaten and forced to get pain medication for her...
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Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:22 PM EDT2013-06-19 00:22:22 GMT
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local grocery stores. Beaverton police were called out to the WinCo Foods store on Cedar Hills Boulevard the
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local WinCo Foods stores.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonade
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 4:20 PM EDT2013-06-18 20:20:32 GMT
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan.
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Father's Day, she found out just how much that simple gesture meant to the sergeant who received it.
More than 22,000 Missouri families benefit from the Head Start and Early Head Start program.
Teachers teach the children social skills and build a foundation in the process.
With cuts looming, one program director says they're taking a wait and see approach.
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