With the warm weather, everyone is eager to get outside, especially our four-legged friends. By TINA GLEISNER With more than 30 percent of American families owning pets, a common challenge is how to accommodate dogs and outside cats when the family is eating, entertaining or simply relaxing in the backyard.
She identifies certain trees by the feel of their bark, tractors and other heavy equipment by the sound of their motors and can even diagnose mechanical problems in one’s car by sound.
The City of Carmi has issued a $433,750 check to The Phoenix Foundation from the city’s revolving loan fund; the money will be used as operating expenses for the foundation’s Phoenix Rehabilitation & Nursing center here. Enfield has a new utilities superintendent, and the village board has raised water rates. Carmi Lions learned Tuesday night […]
Two women charged with involvement in the yearlong disappearance of a 14-year-old girl found hidden in a locked storage closet last June pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges of second-degree kidnapping, second-degree conspiracy to commit kidnapping and risk of injury to a minor.
University of Illinois Extension staff heaved a collective sigh of relief Tuesday when the governor withdrew a threat to withhold $18 million from extensions throughout the state - including $99,000 from the DuPage extension. The prospect of losing half the extension’s funding had DuPage Director Barb Linek contemplating steep layoffs to her staff – and […]