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• Funeral services for fireman killed in the line of duty held Monday Play Video

  January 17, 2018 12:48 PM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE – A funeral is being held today for a firefighter that died while working a crash Wednesday morning. State Fire Marshal Butch Browning said firefighter Russell Achord died in the line of duty after being hit by a vehicle. Achord was working a wreck on US 61... more »

• Fireman delivers child after responding to 911 call Play Video

  September 17, 2015 2:03 PM

  SPRINGFIELD - A firefighter will likely be forever remembered by one family after an emergency call here recently. Volunteer firefighter Wayne Birt responded to a call of a woman in labor after midnight Sunday. Soon after he arrived, the mother started to give birth and Birt helped deliver the... more »