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Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Chris Trone from Rushville arrived back home safely Tuesday.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  In Associate Professor Dean Alexander's classroom, students look into the past. Only their search is narrowed to the history of terrorist attacks.

Friday, January 11, 2013  Three dozen people turned out to a Quincy cemetery Friday night to remember a life lost too soon.

Friday, January 04, 2013  One year has passed since the tragic fire that took the life of a five-month-old infant and destroyed a half city block in Hamilton.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012  One Keokuk family decided to decorate their home for the holidays a little differently this year.

Saturday, December 22, 2012  A University of Illinois student hopes to raise $50,000 for people affected by last week's shootings at a Connecticut elementary school and he's almost a quarter of the way to his goal.

Friday, December 21, 2012  People everywhere observed a moment of silence Friday morning at 8:30 to remember the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy.

Monday, December 17, 2012  Students and teachers across the country went back to school for the first time today since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut.

Monday, December 10, 2012  Dallas Cowboy Jerry Brown was killed in a car crash that had teammate Josh Brent behind the wheel

Thursday, November 29, 2012  The 9-1-1 call from the February 2010 Macomb Farm King Shooting appeared on national television this week.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012  Louisiana, Mo. woman helped rescue more than 700 survivors from the 1912 Titanic tragedy.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012  Bus crash in Swiss tunnel kills 28 people, including 22 school children returning from trip

Wednesday, January 12, 2011  Palin says: 'Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn.'

Friday, July 31, 2009  Boise police say new evidence suggests missing boy may have been victim of tragic event

Monday, February 25, 2008  The 10,000-seat Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University was filled to capacity Sunday night with people remembering the five students killed during a Valentine's Day shooting on campus.Early in the hour-long memorial service, a photo of each of the slain students was projected on screens around the arena as their names were read aloud.