LERNA — Discarded smoking materials were the apparent cause of a fire that destroyed a rural Lerna home Sunday morning. Five area fire departments took part in fighting the blaze at 1049 E ...

LERNA, Ill. (AP) - Rob Ratliff knows a few things about the small town he’s spent most of his life in, beginning in 1979. Ratliff, who now serves as Fire Chief at Lincoln Fire Protection ...