Officials in Savanna, Ill., are replacing a 2,400-foot-long, 81-year-old steel truss bridge that spans the Mississippi River, but they can’t just junk the old one.
Instead, the state Department of Transportation requires them to offer the structure to anyone who’ll use the “historic” bridge at a new location.
Any takers?
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A lawyer in Michigan is offering a free divorce for the person who can tell him, in the most convincing way, why he or she should get the legal work gratis.
“People come to my office regularly who simply cannot afford to get divorced in the current economic environment,” said attorney Walter H. Bentley III.
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A 1,000-pound pet swine named Arnold isn’t happy about being forced to move.
His owner, David Gamery, who adopted Arnold as a mere 50-pound piglet, lost his home but found a kind-hearted soul willing to give the porker a home.
But Arnold doesn’t want to leave and has been throwing his weight around, pushing back when new owner Mike Armstrong tries to put him on a trailer.
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A police officer in Carol Stream, Ill., found himself abruptly and embarrassingly disarmed while responding to a burglary at a doctor’s office — when an MRI machine’s magnetic field grabbed his gun and pulled it away.
Hey, at least the weapon didn’t discharge.
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The credibility of a Colorado mom who claimed school officials lied when they suspended her 7-year-old son was called into question after her criminal history came to light.
Mandie Watkins, 30, of Loveland, has been convicted over the years of attempted arson, forgery and theft, according to a local news report.
School officials said the boy was suspended for throwing rocks, which Watkins insists is a lie.