Macomb Salvation Army highlights emergency response during National Salvation Army Week

This is National Salvation Army Week. The Macomb Salvation Army is highlighting it's Emergency Disaster Services response team activities. A Salvation Army vehicle will be "on site" at the McDonough County Housing Authority to bring food and water, in this case snacks and water from noon to 12:30. The Salvation Army EDS team is also traveling to the next sites, being several trailer courts identified as lower income areas in Macomb to provide the same response services. Along with the snacks and water, the EDS team will be handing out literature explaining how The Salvation Army is called out to assist in local and national disasters to provide food and water to victims, as well as provide to city, police, fire, and other emergency personnel responding to the disasters. In a real disaster, The Salvation Army would concentrate on the hardest hit or the low income areas when providing assistance.

Bushnell woman injured in one vehicle crash on Mother's Day

A 57-year-old Bushnell woman suffered moderate injuries Sunday afternoon as a result of a one car accident neat the junction of highways 41 and 95. Judy Abernathy was a passenger in a car being driven by 18-year-old Adam Scott of Bushnell that was eastbound on North 1450th Road. According to a report from the McDonough County Sheriff's Department, the car went off of the roadway and onto the right side shoulder. Scott attempted to get the car back on the roadway but over-corrected and crossed the roadway and driving off the north side of the road. The car then hit the ditch and came to rest a short distance from the impact. Bushnell Fire and Rescue and MDH paramedics assisted at the scene, Abernathy was treated for moderate injuries. The sheriff's department report stated the accident was under investigation, and failure to reduce speed and improper seatbelt use citations may be issued.