The razing has begun of the former Tri-State Pallet building, which was destroyed in a fire in January. Heavy equipment is in action at the Monroe Street site. The Tony Smith Demolition Company has ...

UPDATE @ 6:20 a.m.: Fire crews continued fighting the blaze until about 1:30 Thursday morning, when they left the scene. We currently have a reporter at the scene who said there’s no sign that the ...

Ernie Riling has been in the pallet business since 1990 and always found one thing missing. Unlike many other manufacturing industries, pallet makers, such as Riling's Franklin-based Tri-State Pallet, ...

UPDATE @ 8:33 p.m. (July 11): The investigation into the cause of the massive fire at a pallet yard on Warder Street, as well as possible legal action against the yard's owners, continues, Assistant ...

The site of a pallet fire in July was previously scrutinized by the Springfield Fire/Rescue Division for years, a Springfield News-Sun investigation found. The issues included having pallets stacked ...