History's biggest weather forecasting blunders
From Michael Fish dismissing hurricane rumours the night before The Great Storm of 1987 to blizzards that never arrived and ...
February Tornado Threat Is Usually Highest In The South, Except In 2024
A Feb. 21-22, 1971 outbreak claimed 121 lives from Texas to North Carolina, the deadliest February rash of tornadoes in recent times. One F4 tornado near Oxford, Mississippi, killed 58 and injured 800 ...
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Washington's roadroad bridge is an eyesore. Here is the plan to help beautify it
Washington’s railroad bridge is rusted and ... The Toledo, Peoria & Western rail line runs about 200 miles through Indiana and Illinois, according to its website, "transporting primarily ...
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Western Illinois hosts Eastern Illinois, aims to end home slide
1.7 percentage points below the 44.4% shooting opponents of Western Illinois have averaged. TOP PERFORMERS: Marko Maletic is scoring 16.4 points per game and averaging 3.0 rebounds for the ...
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JB Pritzker bans Jan. 6 participants from serving in Illinois government
“No one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve in government,” he added. The Illinois state government employs roughly 53,000 people. Pritzker’s order was the first pushback ...
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Springfield is cause of Illinois’ mass layoffs, business closures: State rep
(The Center Square) – Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller says he speaks from painful experience when it comes to the subject of the state’s long struggling job market. “I’m a small business ...
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Student teacher arrested in Washington after 'inappropriate' shooting comment on social media
A reference to shooting a student during a class Wednesday led to the arrest of a student teacher with District 50 in Washington, according to an email obtained by the Journal Star. Local law ...
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Washington's railroad bridge is an eyesore. Here is the plan to help beautify it
Washington’s railroad bridge is rusted and bare — but drivers crossing U.S. Route 24 will be met with a more pleasant sight later this year. The city recently approved a mural to be painted on the ...
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Illinois Republicans ask state Supreme Court to toss 'gerrymandered' legislative map
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five voters on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map as ...
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What we know about the American Airlines plane and Army helicopter crash over D.C.'s Potomac River
A passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter that collided in midair Wednesday and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport near Washington ... WPRI that his 16-year-old son ...
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April Ryan’s Historic Leap: A New Era for Black Press USA’s Washington Bureau
We are so proud to announce that April Ryan will now be the Washington Bureau Chief and Senior White House Correspondent for Black Press USA.” Dr. Chavis’s remarks resonate with the legacy of ...