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Dash cam shows Illinois police officer narrowly avoid being hit by speeding train
Mokena Police Department(MOKENA, Ill.) — Police officer Peter Staglewicz narrowly avoided tragedy last month when he swerved off the road just a few feet from being slammed into by a speeding commuter train. Staglewicz, who [Read More…]
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Eighteen-year-old student vanishes after being dropped off at college
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — Police are searching for an 18-year-old University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) student who vanished two weeks ago. Shalyha Ahmad’s family said they dropped her off at a Chicago train station on Dec. [Read More…]
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Winter Storm Warning issued December 27 at 2:10AM MST until December 28 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Heavy snow. Additional snow accumulations of 5 to 10 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. * WHEN…Until 9 AM CST Friday. [Read More…]
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Winter Storm Warning issued December 26 at 9:22PM MST until December 28 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Heavy snow and blowing snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 11 inches expected, with greatest snowfall on Thursday and Thursday evening. [Read More…]
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Manhunt underway after suspected gunman kills officer during traffic stop in Northern California: Police
Alex_Schmidt/iStock(NEW YORK) — A manhunt is underway to find a gunman suspected of killing a Northern California police officer during a traffic stop shortly after Christmas, authorities said. The suspect fled in his car after [Read More…]
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Former Walmart Santa Claus arrested after bodies of his 2 children were found buried in his backyard
(Effingham County Sheriff) Elwyn Crocker and Candice Crocker are pictured in undated booking photos released by the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia. (GUYTON, Ga.) — A Georgia man employed until recently as a seasonal [Read More…]
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Government shutdown: Employees lose not only paychecks but paid time off, too
Jodi Jacobson/iStock(NEW YORK) — Lisa Gray was supposed to go on vacation with her family on Thursday, but now it’s up in the air. As an air traffic controller, her husband, Thomas, is a federal [Read More…]
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Brazilian spiritual healer ‘John of God’ indicted for rape, accused of sexually abusing nearly 600 women
beyhanyazar/iStock(SÃO PAULO, Brazil) — Celebrity Brazilian healer “John of God” has been indicted for rape by deception and is accused of sexually abusing hundreds of women, according to the federal prosecutor’s office in the state [Read More…]
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Dow Jones rallies, wiping out losses from the brutal Christmas Eve trading session
iStock(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied in volatile trade on Wednesday, the first full trading session after the worst Christmas Eve trading session in U.S. history. The index ended 1,086 points higher [Read More…]
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New WOTUS rule is ‘relief’ to corn producers
The president of the National Corn Growers Association, Lynn Chrisp, says the new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule released by the EPA is a major improvement over the previous WOTUS rule—which he describes as [Read More…]
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Live cattle mixed ahead of week’s direct trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed, getting ready for the week’s direct cash business, while watching weather in the major feeding areas and waiting for developments in global trade discussions. December was $.47 [Read More…]
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Missouri Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show
Brownfield’s Cyndi Young, Tom Steever, Meghan Grebner and Shannon Yokley will be on the ground for the 51st Annual Missouri Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show January 4 – 6, 2018. Continue reading Missouri Cattle [Read More…]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: December 26, 2018
Mar. corn closed at $3.73 and 1/4, down 4 and 1/2 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $8.70, down 14 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $303.40, down $4.10 Jan. soybean oil closed at 27.36, down 38 points Mar. wheat closed at $5.10, down 6 and 1/2 cents Dec. live [Read More…]
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Milk futures higher, cash dairy mixed Wednesday
Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed in positive territory, with the January contract up two cents at $14.19. February eight cents higher at $14.43. March milk up four at $14.88. April [Read More…]
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Winter Storm Warning issued December 26 at 2:57PM MST until December 28 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches expected. Heaviest snowfall expected Thursday into Thursday evening. Winds [Read More…]
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China cuts import tariffs, trade talks continue
China’s Ministry of Finance says it will remove import tariffs on more than 700 goods beginning January 1st. China will remove tariffs on some ingredients for livestock feed including sunflower and canola meals. It will [Read More…]
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Now is the time to plan for the 2019 growing season
Purdue University Extension Specialist Bob Nielsen says after a drawn-out harvest, now is the time to plan for the 2019 growing season. “It certainly behooves you to spend some time looking at performance data from [Read More…]
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Markets wait for China news
The soybean market is waiting for news of more purchases by China. Market analyst Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist with INTL FCStone, says there are rumors of another two million metric tons to be purchased [Read More…]
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Search on for 20-year-old cruise ship crewman who went overboard near Puerto Rico
fallbrook/iStock(NEW YORK) — A desperate search is ongoing in the waters off the coast of Puerto Rico after a 20-year-old crew member of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, apparently went overboard, [Read More…]