Last Night's Distant Chill Sets Indiana Record
A Southern Illinois gusty Arctic outbreak left temperatures plunging to 24 below zero in January 1977 with wind chills near 80 below. Winds of 25 to 35 mph created a 50 below wind chill while a near record 28.3 inch low pressure center drove the gusts explained by SIU Carbondale professor David L. Jones as collision of distant high pressure systems over the Atlantic and Canada.
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Henry de Fiebre
Illinois
David L. Jones
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Jones
Atlanta
Atlantic Ocean
Canada
Snowdrifts Close Southern Illinois Roads In Ice Hazard
Snow and ice blanketed Southern Illinois causing road closures and hazardous travel. State police reported I 57 closed to trucks Cairo to Dix while several state routes near Cave in Rock, Benton, Metropolis, and the Illinois border were shut. Crews labored overnight to clear drifts with limited success as high winds hampered spreading salt and calcium chloride.
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Karen Rothe
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois
Ozark
Williamson County
Air Illinois
Amtrak
Cairo
Dix
Illinois Department of Transportation
Illinois
Cave-in-Rock
Cape Girardeau
Indiana
Metropolis
Creal Springs
Benton
Jackson County
William Munson
Munson
Carl DeWitt
Transportation Department
District 9
Carbondale
DeWitt
Illinois 127
Vergennes
Fred Thane
Perry County
Roy Smith
Union County
John Gardner
Franklin County
Randolph County
Lester Holcomb
George Acree
Experts: Stay calm and prepare for severe winter weather
Southern Illinois residents can protect health and safety during this severe winter weather by using common sense and remaining calm. Tips include staying in a stalled car with a clear exhaust, running the car briefly for warmth, wearing warm clothing, avoiding heavy snow shoveling, calling a doctor for illness, driving slowly on ice, and steps if furnaces fail such as resetting motors or gathering in one room for warmth.
Power outage hits Jackson County areas after tower fall
Rural northwest Jackson County and parts west of Carbondale lost power for up to four hours when a radio antenna tower fell across a 69,000 volt transmission line along U.S. 51 at Dillinger Road. Substations serving a large area were affected and water pumping at Murphysboro faced conservation orders. Repair crews navigated dangerous roads as lines were tested and restored later. Central Illinois Public Service reported only minor issues nearby.
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Robert Grupp
Jackson County
Carbondale
Tim Reeves
Egyptian Electric Co-op Association
U.S. 51
Dillinger Road
Reeves
Williamson County
Murphysboro
Parrish Acres
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Marion
Stiritz
Merri-Mac Vending strike over closed shop demand in Carbondale
Seven Merri-Mac Vending employees in Carbondale walked out Tuesday after demanding a closed shop contract. Retail Clerks Local 736 says the union was voted in last year and seeks a contract with a closed shop provision. Owner Roy McClain rejects the demand, citing many non union workers, as talks with a federal mediator failed. Merri-Mac services vending machines across Carbondale and surrounding areas.
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Merri-Mac Vending Co
Carbondale
Retail Clerks International Union Local 736
Robb Kask
Kask
Roy McClain
Merri-Mac Vending
Merri-Mac
Gallatin County seals 30 travelers at Midway Cafe overnight
About 30 stranded persons were taken to the Midway Cafe at Illinois 41 and Illinois 1 to sleep and drink coffee after chief deputy Dave Mills arranged for the restaurant to reopen at 11 p.m. Wednesday. 15 to 20 cars were stranded on Illinois 14 between New Haven and Omaha until highway workers cleared the route with a bulldozer.
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Gallatin County
Illinois 41
Illinois 1
Dave Mills
Mills
Illinois 14
New Haven
Omaha
Freeman Spur residents ticketed for snow removal dropped
Freeman Spur residents received tickets last week for using heavy equipment to clear neighbors driveways though the ordinance was not yet in effect. Mayor Ralph Murray says charges will be dropped under an act of God. Sullivan and others deny wrongdoing and protest, while residents gathered to support the men.
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Freeman Spur
Ralph Murray
Gary Sullivan
Sullivan
Murray
Ernest Nickens
Perry Johnson
Jerry Liska
The
American Legion
Maryann Sloan
Winter storms force SIU Carbondale Counts Lecture postponement
A winter ice blast cancels or postpones many Southern Illinois events, including the seventh annual George Counts lecture at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The Counts dinner and lecture are postponed to early March, with a date to be announced. Many other events are rescheduled and residents are urged to verify event status before leaving home.
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Southern Illinois
George Counts
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Counts
Elmer J. Clark
College of Education
Mass arraignment set for 10 miners in Metropolis case
Ten Southern Illinois coal miners indicted by a Massac County grand jury face a mass arraignment at 9 a.m. Friday in Massac County Circuit Court for mob violence criminal destruction to property and conspiracy over the December 14 protest at the Cook Coal Transfer terminal in Metropolis.
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Barbara Schechter
Southern Illinoisan
Southern
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Marion Truck Plaza
Illinois 13
Halfway Road
Marion Holiday Inn
Tomers
Ramada Inn
Jimmy Griggs
Sherry Hamilton
Wstern
Ohio River
American Electric Power Service Corp
United Mine Workers of American
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