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Two-alarm fire prompts temporary evacuation at Lambert Airport

ST. LOUIS (UPI) -- Firefighters in St. Louis extinguished a fire at Lambert International Airport that prompted evacuations Sunday morning. The blaze began at 7:30 a.m. at the Southwest Airlines cargo terminal in the top copper layer and the underlying concrete structure in the roof of Terminal 1 of the airport, Jeff Lea with the St. Louis Lambert International Airport said, according to Missouri news station KMOV. Lea added the area was evacuated of all passengers and staff for about […]

todayJanuary 13, 2019

Illinois

Swastikas painted on 200 headstones in Illinois, suspect arrested

 GLEN CARBON (UPI) -- Police in southwestern Illinois arrested a man suspected of vandalizing cemetery headstones with swastikas. Nearly 200 headstones were found spray-painted Saturday morning, less than two days before Memorial Day. "They also painted swastikas on our old office building and on two of our family estate mausoleums," Mark Johnson, grounds superintendent at the cemetery, told the Belleville News-Democrat. The vandalism took place in a cemetery in Glen Carbon, a small town located 19 miles northeast of St. Louis. […]

todayMay 28, 2018

Entertainment

Puddles Pity Party performs in St. Louis October 10, ticket sales begin Friday

ST. LOUIS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The 'Sad Clown with the Golden Voice' will be in the Gateway City on October 10 with his heartfelt anthems and a suitcase full of Kleenex, a show peppered with a brilliant sense of the absurd, mixing lots of humor with the awkward, tender moments. Puddles Pity Party has more than 286,000 fans on Facebook and over 76 million views on YouTube for indelible interpretations of classics by ABBA, David Bowie, Cheap Trick and Queen and […]

todayMay 22, 2018

Business & Lifestyle

Litchfield ponders 12-year extension of TIF District 1

LITCHFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- With four years remaining on the current tax increment fund (TIF) in District 1, the City of Litchfield presented their case to fellow taxing bodies as to why this district needs extended for an additional 12 years during an informational hearing which took place at the Litchfield Community Center on Wednesday, Feb. 21. "TIF districts address private investment in areas where private investment is not occurring," according to Mike Weber from St. Louis-based PGAV Planners during […]

todayFebruary 27, 2018

Capital Area Region

Winter weather advisory in effect for immediate coverage area until Wednesday morning

NOKOMIS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The immediate Heartland Newsfeed coverage area in central Illinois is under a winter weather advisory. The alert was issued at 3:34 a.m. via the National Weather Service in St. Louis, citing that the advisory is effect from 6 p.m. Tuesday evening running overnight until 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. A combination of ice and snow will culminate in rough travel conditions, which includes the morning commute on Wednesday. Total accumulation expected in the region is about a […]

todayFebruary 6, 2018

Automotive News

Bourne issues resolution in opposition of vehicle mileage tax

LITCHFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- State Representative Avery Bourne (R-Raymond) has signed on as chief co-sponsor of a resolution that voices opposition to a new tax on Illinois motorists being charged per mile traveled. Bourne is supporting House Resolution 766, which was filed this week in response to new proposed legislation that attempts to penalize drivers with work commutes with new taxes. Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) proposed the new tax on mileage traveled on public, non-tolled Illinois highways via the utilization of […]

todayJanuary 25, 2018

Business & Lifestyle

More than $10.5 million in contracts awarded by Air Force for laser-guided bombs

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Boeing Co. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for GBU-39 SDB, or laser small diameter bombs. The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $10.5 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract, meaning additional costs that may be accumulated by Boeing will not be reimbursed by the Pentagon. The small diameter bomb is preferred by the U.S. Air Force and other military services over the bulky […]

todayDecember 8, 2017

Business & Lifestyle

New program at Blackburn College keeps college education affordable

CARLINVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- A new program at Blackburn College will now meet financial needs of both in-state students, as well as those students from throughout the United States. The new program, called the Blackburn Promise, has generated much interest at the college, a nationally-recognized liberal arts school located 60 miles northeast of St. Louis. Blackburn is already well-known for its student work-study program, one of only eight schools in the nation and the only program that is student-managed. Blackburn's […]

todayOctober 16, 2017

Illinois

Bearsharktopus swim team attends first meet of fall season

ST. LOUIS (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Bearsharktopus Aquatic Swim Team (BASC), a swim team comprised of students based in Montgomery and Macoupin counties, traveled to Lindbergh High School in St. Louis this past weekend for their first meet of the Short Course Yards season, which was met with great success. Boys Results: Spencer Hoehl, 14, of Litchfield, earned the high point award for 14 year old boys with his remarkable swims in the 100 fly (1:07.91-B), 100 back (1:07.16-BB), 100 […]

todayOctober 9, 2017

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