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Have you noticed blue spruce trees in the Rockford area suffering from brown, bare branches? It's noticeable in many Colorado spruce in northern Illinois, including the city of Rockford's official Christmas tree. Martha Smith, a certified arborist, explains how Rhizosphaera needle cast is affecting area spruce.

As a young man in the late 1960’s, Hal Noyes faced the prospect of being drafted to fight in Vietnam. He was opposed to the war, but decided to enlist, hoping to avoid combat.

By 1969, he found himself stationed at Fort Bragg.

As the rest of the state grows safer, Duval County is headed in the opposite direction. Times-Union reporter Andrew Pantazi discusses about the latest murder and violent crime statistics with Page One Podcast host Mark Woods.

More than 30 individuals lined the post office on Dogwood Drive Nov. 27 to complain about not receiving mail at their homes.

Nov. 29 a Milton resident made a discovery and alerted the Santa Rosa Press Gazette — mail abandoned along Mayburn Bridge Road in a private rural dirt road.

This is scanner communication among Taunton Fire and Police emergency personnel after a school bus crashed into the woods on Rte. 24 south in Berkley before 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018.

The recording starts at 9:51 p.m. and ends at 10:18 p.m. It may not be comprehensive.

This is scanner communication among emergency personnel from the town of Berkley and Bristol Co. Fire Network after a school bus crashed into the woods on Rte. 24 south in Berkley before 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018.

The recording starts at 9:46 p.m. and ends at 10:09 p.m. It may not be comprehensive and does include communication about another incident happening at the same time in Berkley on County Street.

America’s Democratic governors have elected Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo as chairwoman of the Washington-based Democratic Governors Association, which sees itself as a ground-level fighting force, in the states, against President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Reporter Andy Kravetz talks about needle exchange programs, fentanyl test strips and distribution of naloxone with two members of the JOLT Foundation and Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood.

Rink Rap podcast host Mick Colageo reads articles from the late 1970s and early '80s written by former Standard-Times staffers and The Associated Press about Bruins coach Don Cherry and winger Rick Middleton.

As the first images from the Soska Sisters' remake of fellow Canadian horror master David Cronenberg's landmark 1977 cult classic "Rabid" make the social media rounds, we take a look back at the original film with a leading lady almost as shocking as where they decided to put her fangs.