Gary Sandberg sent me this April Fools Day report from WCBU in 1993. It’s a hoot:
[audio:https://peoriachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/Audio/HISPEED.mp3]
The best part is, according to a Journal Star article from April 19, 1993, “The story sounded so authentic that one local television reporter tried to follow up on the report for his evening newscast. Some Caterpillar Inc. engineers contacted colleagues around the country to see if they had heard about the barges.”