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Yesterday at 9:51 AM  Hotels and campgrounds around the lake or booked full and businesses are hoping for the busiest weekend of the year.

Today at 9:49 AM  Adults are just as guilty as kids when it comes to texting while driving.

Yesterday at 10:09 PM  Nursing students receive Blessing of the Hands.

Yesterday at 4:30 PM  Route 79 is still closed.

Yesterday at 9:53 AM  Back to school barbecue at John  Wood Community College.

Yesterday at 8:24 AM  Drivers are encouraged to pull over instead of driving distracted.

Yesterday at 6:52 AM 

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  Staff Sgt. Gary Cunningham spent ten months in Iraq a year ago. Tuesday, as the last U.S. combat troops made their way home, we asked Cunninghan how he thought Iraq has progressed over the years with U.S. involvement.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  Authorities are trying to figure out what caused an explosion and fire that destroyed a southwestern Illinois home and killed 13 dogs trapped in kennels inside.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  Broadway Street in Quincy is now open after an afternoon diesel fuel spill closed a four block area near Blessing Hospital. Witnesses say a container fell off a vehicle with a Missouri license plate. They say the driver of the vehicle came back, picked up the tank and took off immediately.