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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Willie Franklin, 37, is charged in numerous robberies, including the Dec. 26 robbery of the First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Flooding along the Mississippi is creating a need for people to help sandbagging.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Dish Network offers to buy Sprint in $25.5B deal, says bid is superior to SoftBank's proposal

Saturday, April 13, 2013  The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri has hired Susan Dublin as its regional coordinator for Adair, Schuyler, Putnam, Sullivan, Linn and Macon counties.

Friday, April 12, 2013 

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A new regional coordinator for the Central and Northeast Missouri Food Bank says she wants to create more awareness about the hunger issue in her six county region.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Suspects in a January bank robbery have been indicted by a federal grand jury.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  Willie B. Franklin, 37, is charged in the U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois with four counties of bank robbery.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  In these times of economic uncertainty, more people are turning to food pantries for the first time .

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Douglas Pennock pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud in August 2012.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Construction is well underway into a bigger Central Illinois Food Bank in Springfield. The food bank serves 145 agencies in 21 central Illinois counties.

Sunday, March 03, 2013  A Rhode Island philanthropist is about to hand over a large sum of money to the Quincy area Salvation Army.

Sunday, February 17, 2013  Keokuk firefighters are on the scene of a house fire, at 1703 Bank St.

Saturday, February 16, 2013  Disc golf season doesn't start for another couple of months, but that did not stop discs from slicing through the crisp air Saturday.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  George Ryan's lawyer says prison officials didn't cut his client a break when they let him serve the rest of his sentence at home.