Floods Ravage Southern Illinois Residents Rescued
Heavy rains and flooding hit Southern Illinois with two bodies recovered north of Waltonville. Steve Healy and Shannon Allen died in Hall Lane floodwaters while Nicole Asbury survived. Sheriff Mulch outlined the sequence as the vehicle went into rising water near Waltonville. Rescue divers from Carterville found the bodies as Jefferson County agencies and IDOT assisted. rainfall from Tuesday into Wednesday worsened the flood impact.
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Waltonville
Steve R. Healy
McLeansboro
Shannon C. Allen
Mount Vernon
Jefferson County
Roger Mulch
Allen
Healy
Nicole Asbury
Asbury
Mulch
Hall Lane
Betwen
Woodlawn
Dennis Litton
Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency
Carterville
Illinois Department of Transportation
Illinois
Robin Smith
National Weather Service
Paducah
Union
Saline
Jefferson
Marion firefighters rescue 18 during flood emergency
Marion firefighters used personal boats to reach 18 residents of Marion Housing Authority units and five stranded motorists late Tuesday night. They moved evacuees to the First Church of God shelter set up by Red Cross. Two displaced residents named Kathy and Rhonda Buckingham live at 915 S Market St as flood waters reached about a foot in some apartments.
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Marion
Marion Housing Authority
Anthony Rinella
First Church of God
Red Cross
Rinella
Kathy
Rhonda Buckingham
S. Market St
Water traps Royalton woman inside her home
Dolores Ann Ross, 67, endured more than 24 hours trapped in her Royalton home as heavy rains flooded the area. Floodwaters reached her porches and blocked access to the garage and driveway while seeping into the house. She described a foot of water in her bedroom and kitchen and noted the platform to the garage floated away.
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Royalton
Dolores Ann Ross
Ross
Voices Heard at SAC and Nationwide War Anniversary Protests
The SAC scene features voices from protesters and counter demonstrators while nationwide observances mark another year of war. Officials, veterans, and students participate in memorials and rallies reflecting on losses and policy.
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U.S
Derailment near West Vienna injures two workers
Heavy rain may have caused a Union Pacific coal train to derail about one mile north of West Vienna early Wednesday. Two locomotives and five cars left tracks, injuring an engineer with a broken hip and a conductor with chest injuries. Crews spent about four and a half hours extracting the men. Investigators from Omaha and St. Louis are probing possible track washout and ground softness as the cause.
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West Vienna
Union Pacific Railroad
Wyoming
Joppa
Jerry Odum
Union Pacific
Lake of Egypt
Omaha
St. Louis
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Hirton
Bob Stacey
Rachel Stacey
Susan Abarca
Reed Station Road
Carbondale
Huck Novara
West Frankfort
Illinois 37
Mechanic Street
Becky Malkovich
Steve Jahnke
the Southern
Dear Abby
Renvone
SAC
West
Vienna
NJCAA
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