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In the 40's and 50's flocked Christmas trees were all the rage. A Flora, Illinois man thought they were ready for a comeback.

By RORYE O'CONNOR rorye.oconnor@register-news.com MT. VERNON - With the recent passing of the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, former Navy sailor Charles William "Bill" Shroyer, Clay County's first World War II wartime volunteer, has a lot on his mind - both his reasons for joining up and the reason he found himself on a sinking tanker a ...

UFC 107 is just around the corner and with the lightweight title up for grabs between BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez, it is easy to see why Florian vs.

Pictures taken from Flora, IL at 12:30 AM Monday morning of the snow and Sleet that was falling across the region.

One of the owners of the two pit bulls shockingly is blaming the 70-year-old victim for the vicious attack she suffered Friday on a Bayonne street, a brutal assault that sent her to a hospital with critical injuries, says the manager of the shelter where the dogs are being kept.

The tragedy that happened in Flora, IL is a perfect example of why there should be spay/neuter regulations.

Rosie Humphreys, 85, was killed by a neighbor's pit bull on Monday in her yard in Flora Illinois.

The Flora Police Department hosted a news conference this morning , and stated that there will be no criminal charges filed against the owner of the dog that attacked and killed an elderly Flora woman on Monday.

The owner of a pit bull that attacked and killed an elderly woman in Flora, Illinois this week will not be charged in the case.

Pit bulls, what's not to love? a Rosie L. Humphries , 85, was walking her pet poodle yesterday afternoon in the small town of Flora, Illinois when she was attacked and killed by a pit bull.

An elderly woman in rural Illinois is killed while taking her dog for a walk. Her small poodle's encounter with a pit bull proved fatal for the woman and her dog.

An attack by a pit bull has resulted in the death of an elderly Flora woman and her dog.

Authorities in southern Illinois say an elderly woman from the Clay County community of Flora has died from injuries she suffered in an attack by a pit bull.

In what is being called a tragic accident by local authorities, an elderly Flora woman, 85-year-old Rosie Humphreys, was attacked and killed by a pit bull yesterday afternoon, in Flora.

The town of Flora, Illinois is similar to a lot of small towns in America, only those other towns can't claim Tracker Bob.

Flora Police Chief John Nicholson releases the following information: Friday, October 30th at 12:48 a.m. the Flora Police Department received a report of a possible burglary in progress at the Flora Post Office, located at 312 East North Avenue .

The Illinois State Police and Wayne County Sheriff's Office are investigating the death of a former Bluford resident.

Authorities are working to identify the body of a man found shortly before 11:00 Monday morning in a field in Clay County.

Jurors recommended Friday that Gregory Bowman be executed for the murder of Velda Joy Rumfelt, despite his insistence in testimony earlier in the day that he never killed anyone.

H1N1 Vaccine Still Available rp After an announcement of the County's first confirmed case of H1N1, the Clay County Health Department administered over 1,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine yesterday.