PHOTOS: Well-known Highland Fire Department Assistant Chief Daniel Tallman was honored Thursday by fellow firefighters after he lost his four-year-long battle with cancer. Fire apparatus from various jurisdictions lined up and saluted as Tallman's body was delivered by a Highland Fire Department ambulance to the Madison County morgue in Wood River about 4 p.m. In front of the Madison County Wood River Building, East Alton firefighters blocked the road and saluted as Tallman arrived escorted by Highland fire trucks, police, the Illinois Fire Service Institute and the Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office. On the city's Facebook page, Tallman's many achievements were recognized. "It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Assistant Fire Chief Daniel Tallman after a courageous battle with cancer for the last four years," the City of Highland stated.  

The former Rock Island Livestock Auction Barn had multiple buildings burn to the ground on Saturday, Feb. 24, but crews were able to save 22 cows and millions of dollars worth of surrounding homes and businesses. Rock Island Fire Department crews were called out at 5:37 p.m. to 534 34th Ave. According to Rock Island Fire Marshal Greg Marty, crews arrived within three to four minutes of the call and found a large fire already burning on the backside of a barn along the railroad tracks. The main building on fire at first stretched three city blocks, from 34th to 37th Ave. Due to the size of the fire, surrounding fire departments were called immediately. More than a dozen departments from around the county responded, many with water tankers as low water pressure became a concern.  

The former Rock Island Livestock Auction Barn had multiple buildings burn to the ground on Saturday, Feb. 24, but crews were able to save 22 cows and millions of dollars worth of surrounding homes and businesses. Rock Island Fire Department crews were called out at 5:37 p.m. to 534 34th Ave. According to Rock Island Fire Marshal Greg Marty, crews arrived within three to four minutes of the call and found a large fire already burning on the backside of a barn along the railroad tracks. The main building on fire at first stretched three city blocks, from 34th to 37th Ave. Due to the size of the fire, surrounding fire departments were called immediately. More than a dozen departments from around the county responded, many with water tankers as low water pressure became a concern.  

PHOTOS: One person was injured after a crash behind a Fire and EMS station in Independence on Sunday morning. The Independence Fire/EMS Department says crews responded to a motor vehicle accident behind the Fire-EMS station at 11:17 a.m. Sunday. On-duty staff reported via radio a loud explosion sound at the station and found a full-sized pickup had struck the back of the station. The department says crews responded quickly and began treating a person who was entrapped. Medflight was requested to the scene to transport the patient, the department said. Crews were able to extricate and move the patient to the helipad for transport. Bollards, a dumpster, and fencing stopped the vehicle from entering the station, where firefighters were seated at a table with only a window separating them from the truck, officials said.  

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Today marks a grim anniversary in New York City history - on Feb. 26, 1993, shortly after noon, terrorists set off a homemade bomb in the parking garage beneath the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. Six people were killed, including a pregnant woman, and more than 1,000 were injured in the massive explosion and smoky aftermath. The towers were shuttered for weeks, and in 1995, a memorial was dedicated to the victims in Austin Tobin Plaza at the World Trade Center. Almost nine years later, the Twin Towers were destroyed on 9/11, claiming almost 3,000 lives that day, a toll that continues to mount from diseases related to the attack. A small part of the memorial for the victims of the 1993 bombing was discovered in the ruins of the complex.