March 5, 2021 By Shelley Byrne
Forty-four years after its founding, Midwest Tankermen Inc. is moving into its second generation of family owners.
Gail Loughlin founded the Lockport, Ill.-based company, which provides inland barge cargo transfers and dock operating services, in 1977.
At the time, she said, she was writing barge numbers on a steno pad from her kitchen table and answering her landline phone at all hours of the day and night.
“The first seven years, I was on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” she said.
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The year in news for 2020 was full of both stories of cheer and unfortunate incidents alike at the local level, from feel-good stories, to unfortunate crime incidents and the overwhelming wave of COVID-19 news.
While social media and other online outlets have afforded the Craig Press significant internet views throughout the year, the Craig Press staff narrowed down the top 20 stories based purely on pageviews at CraigDailyPress.com.
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No. 10 Single vehicle rollover sends Moffat County teenager to hospital with life-threatening injuries 7,546
Colorado State Patrol responded to a single vehicle rollover crash around 2:32 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 that sent a 15-year-old Moffat County teenager to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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