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Emergency responders set up a staging area in Teutopolis, Ill., after a multi-vehicle crash that killed five people. Five people died from exposure to a chemical that spilled after a semi-truck overturned in central Illinois last week, according to autopsies conducted Monday. Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes said official results from the autopsies won’t be available for several weeks. The …
ATLANTA — Jon Burns has made a reputation as everyone’s friend during his 18 years in the Georgia House. “His father was involved in the wood industry, and I think he bought every piece of property he could when it was cheap,” said state Rep. Bill Hitchens, a fellow Effingham County Republican and friend of Burns’ father before his 2011 …
