Red Cross shelters open in Illinois and Missouri
The American Red Cross offers immediate disaster aid and lists active shelters in Carbondale Metropolis and nearby areas. Contacts for donations and shelter staff are provided, with additional shelter standby status and regional service centers in Murphysboro and Cape Girardeau.
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American Red Cross
Little
American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
ARC
Airport Road
Murphysboro
Redcross.org
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Illinois
Carbondale
Shawnee Community College
Shawnee College Road
Allin
Waldo Baptist Church
Waldo Church Road
Metropolis
Emma C. Hayes
Willow St
Jim Seales
Samuel Thomas
Evelyn Kaine
Flood relief volunteers guard Olive Branch and Thebes homes
In Cairo area flood warnings rise as the Mississippi nears 61.5 feet by Wednesday morning. In Olive Branch hundreds of volunteers sandbag around the clock while residents like Naomi Bigham, a cancer patient, watch from carports. At Thebes, pumps battle rising waters as dams form and homes flood. Fire Chief Reuben Hull works nonstop amid the rain. The river stood at 44.22 feet in Thebes as more rain fell.
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Alexander County
Olive Branch
Nicholson
Naomi Bigham
Illinois
Illinois 3
Thebes
Reuben Hull
Mississippi
Ohio River
Cairo
Williamson County
Brent Gentry
Freeman Spur
Gentry
Alan Rogers
Southern
Hull
Regional flood worries rise in four counties as rain lingers
Emergency officials in Massac, Gallatin, Alexander and Williamson counties warn flash floods threaten homes and infrastructure. Ohio River and Mississippi River levels rise. evacuations urged, sandbagging continues, and officials urge residents to stay away unless necessary. Weather agencies monitor levees and bridges amid ongoing rainfall.
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Massac County
Larry Douglas
Massac Creek
Douglas
Brookport
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Gallatin County
Emergency Management Agency
Steve Galt
Old Shawneetown
Ohio
Galt
Marty Nicholson
Alexander County
Olive Branch
Nicholson
Illinois
Congress reacts to bin Laden death in unified praise
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin says bin Laden killed after a decade long manhunt and lauds intelligence and military work. Senators and representatives including Mark Kirk Jerry Costello and John Shimkus commend service members and vow vigilance against al Qaeda.
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Senate
Dick Durbin
Illinois
Biden
Osama bin Laden
bin Laden
U.S
Mark Kirk
Navy
CIA
Jerry Costello
D-Belleville
Bin Laden killed in Pakistani raid by US forces
President Obama said a small team of Americans killed Osama bin Laden in a firefight at a compound in Pakistan and took custody of his remains, handled per Islamic tradition. The operation, timed ahead of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, followed years of global war on terror and al Qaida plots.
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bin Laden
Pakistan
World Trade Centers
Pentagon
al-Qaida Organization
United States
Afghanistan
Iraq
America
Missouri seeks Supreme Court block on levee blast plan
Missouri asks the Supreme Court to halt the Army Corps plan to breach a Mississippi River levee to relieve pressure upriver, a move that would flood 130,000 acres of Missouri farmland while protecting Cairo Illinois. National Guard enforced evacuations in Cairo as crews prepared explosive tubes and barges on the Missouri side.
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Cairo
Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
U.S. Supreme Court
Ohio
Illinois National Guard
National Guard
Heath Clark
Associated Press
Michael Walsh
Mississippi River
Walsh
Birds Point
Chris Koster
Funding at risk for Franklin County juvenile facility
The 1.5 million grant funds the Franklin County juvenile detention center and meth program serving 26 southern Illinois counties. If cut, about 650000 for the detention center and day to day operations could vanish, risking 35 layoffs and increased transport costs to other counties. Local officials stress public safety and regional impact.
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Illinois
Abell
Franklin County
John Gulley
Don Jones
Sangamon County
Madison County
Vincennes
Ind
Bradley
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Linda.rush
Thesouthern
WDYX
Sheriff's Deputies
U.S. 51 Tunnel
Judson Childs
Jackson County
Jackson County Highway Department
Illinois 13
Ron Williams
Williams
Illinois Department of Transportation
Brent.stewart
Thesout
al Qaeda
John Shimkus
West Point
al Qaida
Obama
Al-Qaida
Africa
Yemen
Islamabad
Barack Obama
White House
Washington
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