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Monday, April 15, 2013  The response in the call spurred criticism from family members of Bud and Janette Krohe. A fire destroyed the trailer where the father and daughter were staying.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Marvin Krohe says he had no idea why it took firefighters at least 25 minutes to get to his brother's mobile home fire last year.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  The National Westher Service in St. Louis has issued a Dense Fog Advisory in effect until 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  Mt. Sterling man sentenced in high speed chase

Friday, September 14, 2012  Large scale meth lab seized in second of two meth busts in Beardstown on Friday.

Friday, August 24, 2012  Beardstown's Cargill plant is still in negotiations with its union, despite two rejected contract offers.

Thursday, August 23, 2012  Ansell Hawkeye plans to close its production operations in Beardstown by October.

Saturday, July 07, 2012  The Jacksonville Journal Courier  reports Fred Holder and his wife, Nova, along with their 1-year-old granddaughter, Bianca, managed to get out of the house at first sight of flames coming from the roof of the home.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  Indicted sheriff gets trial moved to Cass County.

Sunday, April 15, 2012  An early morning residential fire in Beardstown claimed the lives of a father and daughter Sunday. Firefighters found the bodies of Henry "Bud" Krohe, 68, and his daughter, Jeanette Krohe, 29, a mother of four boys, all of whom were not home at the time of the fire.

Thursday, April 05, 2012 

Thursday, March 15, 2012  A Brown County girl injured in a fatal high-speed police pursuit in January filed a lawsuit Thursday against Brown County, the Sheriff's Department, the deputy and the driver of the vehicle, according to court documents obtained by KHQA.

Friday, January 27, 2012  The last remaining person hospitalized in a fatal early Sunday morning crash in Beardstown has been released from the hospital.

Friday, January 27, 2012  Update: Hospitalized passenger has been released from Memorial Medical Hospital in Springfield.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  KHQA questioned law enforcement officials across West Central Illinois to find out what their policies are on high-speed pursuits.