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US 51 Closed in Fayette County, IL
According to Illinois State Police District 12, parts of US 51 in Fayette County are currently closed due to the flooding conditions. The road is closed from Route 40 on the north end to US 50 on the ...
MyRadioLink May 04, 2017

Confusion Over the Metric System Costs a Driver From North Dakota $700
I know that everyone in the world except for us and like two other small countries uses the metric system. That doesn't mean it's right. And it just claimed another innocent American victim. A guy fro...
MyRadioLink May 04, 2017 David Lofink / CC

4-H Horse Clinic
A 4-H horse clinic will be held at the Effingham County Fairgrounds June 10th from 9:30-2:00. It's open to 5 to 18-year-olds, and topics include: showmanship, horsemanship, barrel racing, food and nut...
MyRadioLink May 04, 2017

City Wide Yard Sales on Saturday
City-wide yard sales are in Oakland and Hindsboro are this Saturday, starting at 8:00 a.m. Maps will be available at McQueen Lumber in Oakland and the Quick Gits in Hindsboro.
MyRadioLink May 04, 2017

Lifting Weights Is Fine . . . but Lowering Them Is Even Better
You know those guys at the gym who lift too much weight, then drop the dumbbells on the ground with a huge thud? Well according to a new study, you shouldn't just drop weights like that . . . b...
MyRadioLink May 04, 2017 rick / CC

Does Taco Seasoning Belong on Watermelon?
The Food Network recently posted a short video showing the best way to cut a watermelon. That sounds TOTALLY innocent, right? Wrong. It's making the Internet crazy. Because after the guy...
MyRadioLink May 04, 2017 Rafael Moreno / CC

Anticipating Pizza Makes Us Happier Than Actually Eating the Pizza
Here's a weird new discovery about how our brains work. A new study used facial recognition and emotion tracking to gauge how happy PIZZA makes us. And it found that ANTICIPATING pizza makes us happie...
MyRadioLink May 04, 2017 Kanko* / CC

You Waste Two-and-a-Half Days a Year Searching for Lost Stuff
According to a new survey, it takes an average of 5 minutes and 20 seconds to find something you misplaced around the house. And we waste TWO-AND-A-HALF DAYS a year searching for lost stuff. He...
MyRadioLink May 04, 2017 CGAphoto / CC

The Top Five Destinations on Our Bucket List
A recent survey by AARP found that 46% of older Americans have a bucket list. And traveling is the #1 thing we want to do by far. 83% of people with a bucket list said they have at least one destinati...
MyRadioLink May 04, 2017 Woody Hibbard / CC

A Guy Is Honoring His Friend's Memory by Flushing His Ashes Down the Toilet at Baseball Stadiums
The ocean or someplace scenic are probably the two most popular places to scatter someone's ashes. Where do you think this ranks? A 56-year-old Mets fan in New York named Tom McDonald lost his ...
MyRadioLink May 04, 2017
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