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"O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife. Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life!" - "America the Beautiful," third verse It is the third verse of Katharine Lee Bates' song "America the Beautiful" that expresses the sacrifice of the servicemen and servicewomen who have died in the Middle East, Illinois Gov.

Location: Fulton County, IL between Banner and Little America. Rice Lake was closed to boating, but it didn't stop fishing from the "pushed back shoreline", Sara, Hunter and Chris...were not going to let the floods ruin their long weekend! Add a comment Name: Comment: 250 Characters Left WEEK News 25 and its affiliated companies are not responsible ...

But one local restaurant did just the opposite on Easter Sunday. Cracklin' Jake's, an upscale diner located on Illinois Route 24 in Banner, offered free meals on Sunday to those recently laid off from their jobs or those living on a fixed income, no questions asked.

A former Astoria and Banner man was arrested at about 1:50 p.m. Friday in Peoria by the Fugitive Task Force of the U.S. Marshals Service, police said.

Water bills here could decrease if the city gets money it requested from President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus package.

Here is a sampling of projects the city of Peoria seeks for federal financing if an economic stimulus package is approved by Congress.