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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 2012
Page
1
Online feature by The Southern provides a photo gallery showcasing dramatic flood scenes from last year. Remote images capture city streets, vehicles, and residents coping with rising waters as reporters note impacts and recovery efforts.
After a year of waiting, relocation of part of Olive Branch gains momentum. The Olive Branch area in Alexander County Illinois includes Olive Branch Miller City Hodges Park and Unity. It was hard hit by record floods in spring 2011 with levee breaches damaging about 200 structures. A full town relocation concept, similar to Valmeyer after 1993 flooding, circulated last summer.
On May 2, 2011, as the Ohio River hit 61.72 feet in Cairo, Tyrone Coleman was sworn in as mayor. Hours earlier the New Madrid Birds Point levee in Missouri was breached by the U S Army Corps of Engineers, marking a historic first day and month for the new mayor.
In Southern Illinois towns Carbondale Cobden Eldorado Pinckneyville and West Frankfort along with county sheriffs joined with the DEA for National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Police and sheriffs hosted collection sites to drop off expired unused or unwanted prescriptions, aiming to reduce abuse and danger as donors emptied canisters within hours.
Strong winds toppled a beer garden tent outside Kilroy's Sports Bar at 720 South Seventh Street injuring about 100, with at least four in critical condition. A man under the tent died, authorities say none of the others yet confirmed. Seventeen were hospitalized, others treated on scene. First responders described chaotic scene and collapsed chairs as wind howled.
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