EMS

Levi Blair, 39, was formerly a Mt. Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District captain and a graduate of Olympia High School in Stanford.

Staff shortages have led to a troubling spike in ambulance response times in rural parts of McLean County, according to the head of the county’s EMS system.

McLean County’s EMS leaders are battle-planning in case the coronavirus cuts into an already shorthanded volunteer workforce.Historically, rural fire…

Travis Wilson can make being an EMT sound like the coolest gig in the world.“It’s not like anything else in the field of medicine,” Wilson said. “It’s…