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We will see some sunshine and cooler temperatures today. We are looking at partly sunny skies for today with a high of 68. Meanwhile--although the chance looks to be well off to our south, severe storms are possible tonight. As for tonight, the National Weather Service in St. Louis says thunderstorms are expected to d...
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...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Major flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Kaskaskia River at Vandalia. * WHEN...Until Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, The Dively and Vandalia Levees begin to be overtopped. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 10:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 16.6 f...
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After a day filled with off-and-on storms, heavy rain and well below forecast temperatures, Monday night brought the severe storms to the area that were originally predicted. The National Weather Service in St. Louis had stated in information leading up to Monday that if the morning/afternoon was filled with rain and l...
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(Chicago, IL) -- A Chicago federal appeals court is upholding the conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. A three-judge panel rejected arguments from Madigan's defense team. The former House speaker is currently serving a seven-and-a-half-year federal prison sentence after being convicted last year...
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The federal government has moved to partially block an Illinois law banning electronic processing fees on the tax and tip portions of credit and debit card transactions, but President Donald Trump or federal courts could overrule the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The OCC ruled on Friday that national banks...
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DeKalb Co., IL) -- Illinois State Police is investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting on I-88 in DeKalb County. Authorities say a Naperville Police officer located a vehicle yesterday near Route 59 and North Aurora Road that was wanted in connection with a missing person who was reportedly experiencing a mental ...
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The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Northeastern Clinton County in south central Illinois... Southern Fayette County in south central Illinois... Marion County in south central Illinois... * Until 900 PM CDT. * At 815 PM CDT, a tornado producing storm was located over Beckemey...
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he National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Bond County in south central Illinois... Northern Clinton County in south central Illinois... Fayette County in south central Illinois... Northern Marion County in south central Illinois... Southeastern Madison County in southwest...
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The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Northern Fayette County in south central Illinois... Southeastern Montgomery County in south central Illinois... * Until 800 PM CDT. * At 722 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles north of Van Buren...
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The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Bond County in south central Illinois... Northwestern Fayette County in south central Illinois... Montgomery County in south central Illinois... Southeastern Macoupin County in southwestern Illinois... Northern Madison County in ...
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