A fire broke out in a Silvis home on Tuesday afternoon. The fire was in the 1100 block of 13th Street, just north of Crosstown Avenue. When crews arrived, heavy smoke was seen on multiple sides of the ...

He has accepted an opportunity to further his firefighting career as the new Fire Chief in a larger community in Southern Illinois. John Winters (City of Silvis) During his time with the Silvis ...

Silvis Fire Chief John Winters has ... According to the release, Winters will be taking a position as fire chief in a larger community in southern Illinois.

SILVIS, Ill ... currently awaiting final approval for an Illinois Main Street program, which also could help bring downtown revitalization. A new fire station could lower insurance costs ...

The Woolsey Fire eventually grew to about twice the current size of the Eaton and Palisades fires but most of the area it burned was uninhabitated. Silvis, and AP, defined urban areas as those ...