Floodwaters Recede As Ohio Mississippi Regions Begin Cleanup
Emergency coordinators say waters are falling along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Marty Nicholson of Alexander County reports Olive Branch improving while McClure and East Cape Girardeau face deep seep water. Cairo Mayor Tyrone Coleman announces evacuees may return.
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Mississippi
Marty Nicholson
Alexander County
Olive Branch
Nicholson
McClure
East Cape Girardeau
Cairo
Tyrone Coleman
Williamson County Holds Steady Amid Flood Waters Recede
Williamson County sees flood waters recede with no new areas of concern, though Freeman Spur and Hurst remain the main trouble spots as emergency manager Steve Land notes steady conditions across the county.
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Freeman Spur
Williamson County Emergency Management
Steve Land
Williamson County
Land
Hurst
Quinn signs EDGE tax credit bill to aid tire plant expansion
Gov. Pat Quinn signed an EDGE tax credit bill to help Continental Tire in Mount Vernon add up to 350 jobs. The $19 million tax break is spread over 15 years in exchange for maintaining at least 2,750 employees, boosting Jefferson County and Southern Illinois.
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Springfield
Pat Quinn
Mount Vernon Tire
Continental Tire
Jefferson County
John Jones
Mount Vernon
Gary Forby
Benton
SIUC Battles Party School Image to Aid Recruitment
SIUC Chancellor Rita Cheng spoke at a public forum about work to change the campus party school stigma from years past. Marketing surveys in the Chicago suburbs show 800 parents share the concern, with only 1 percent naming SIUC as the best in-state option and 6 percent as second best.
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Southern File
Illinois
Carbondale
SIUC
Rita Cheng
Chicago
Illinois unions resist pension cuts in We Are One coalition
Illinois analysts and legislators doubt Illinois will resemble Wisconsin as unions form the We Are One coalition to fight pension reform aimed at covering about 80 billion dollars in unfunded obligations. The poll invites readers to vote on downsizing public union pensions and notes employees may receive less than prior years.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
We Are One
Phelps vows continued fight after concealed carry bill fails
State Rep. Brandon Phelps of Harrisburg says lawful gun owners will return and keep trying after his concealed carry bill failed in the Illinois House. He notes the bill drew the most votes for concealed carry in Illinois history and remains optimistic.
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Brandon Phelps
Harrisburg
Phelps
Bill
Illinois
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