Waylin Walls Parker
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From breast cancer survivor to advocate: How one woman turned a diagnosis into a mission (opens the original)
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CARTERVILLE, Ill. (Heartland News) - Cassidy Edwards said a normal movie night in August 2025 with her 8-year-old daughter, Adelyn, turned into the start of a breast cancer journey. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, more than 300,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. “As soon as she leaned back and put pressure on my chest, I immediately felt a sharp pain that took me out of my seat and sent me into
Fighting allergies during harvest season (opens the original)
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MARION, Ill. (Heartland News) - As farmers work to get crops out of the field, they are also kicking up dust, pollen and other particles that can affect the people working there and potentially those living nearby. Dr. Jeffrey Lehman, an allergist with Deaconess Illinois Specialty Clinic, shared how these particles being disturbed during harvest can impact those with allergies. “With ragweed and wheat pollen can, because it’s airborne, it can settle on the crops like corn. So then when they go t
How folks in the Heartland gave a final farewell to the old Chester Bridge (opens the original)
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CHESTER, Ill. (Heartland News) - Crews imploded the old bridge connecting Chester, Illinois, and Missouri on Monday. And people from across the region gathered to watch, including families, college students and residents born around the time the old bridge was rebuilt. The bridge, which connected the two communities for decades, was demolished and replaced by the new Don Welge Memorial Bridge. Helen Rinehart, a lifelong Chester resident, was born in 1941, shortly before the bridge was rebuilt af
Jefferson County, Ill. switches emergency alert systems (opens the original)
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. (Heartland News) - Jefferson County and the city of Mount Vernon are changing how they send alerts for severe weather and other emergencies. Officials say the joint move comes as the agencies re-evaluate the best ways to get the word out. Chris Bean remembers what it was like being at home when a tornado passed through his neighbor’s home back in June. He said he received an alert on his phone five minutes before a tornado hit. “For the first time ever on the Apple phones
Heartland farmers face rising diesel costs during harvest (opens the original)
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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (Heartland News) - Along with the harvest comes the rising expense of fuel needed to get the job done. Farmers are bringing corn in by the truckload this harvest season, dropping loads off at local grain elevators. “We basically are spending double what we spent last year, plus we have a bigger crop; therefore, the trucks are going off. So the cost of harvest is extremely higher than it was last year,” said Leon McClerren, a farmer in Franklin County, Illinois. McClerren ha
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