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updated: Thu Jun 19, 2008 09:05 pm

Barry News

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Thursday Jun 19 | State Journal-Register

Flood Blog: Levees holding in the Quincy area

Welcome back to the SJ-R.com Flood Blog, where we'll keep you up to date on the devastation happened along the Mississippi River.

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Tue Jun 17, 2008

State Journal-Register

Sny Island district takes action during major flooding

The Sny Island Levee, which protects farmland along the Mississippi River in western Illinois, is a manmade ridge, constructed mostly of sand with a core of earth and clay.

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Sun Jun 08, 2008

WTHI-TV Terre Haute

News Minute: Here is the latest Illinois news from The Associated Press

The Reverend Father Pfleger will take about a two-week leave of absence from St.

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Fri Jun 06, 2008

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

31 NS freight cars derail in Illinois

BARRY, Ill. - Freight train traffic on a main Midwest throughway is on hold after 31 cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed in western Illinois.

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Wed Jun 04, 2008

WAND-TV Decatur

Cleanup continues at Pike County train derailment

Crews still are clearing the aftermath of a train derailment involving roughly 33 rail cars near the western Illinois community of Barry in Pike County.

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Related Topix: Pike County, IL

Tue Jun 03, 2008

KHQA-TV Quincy

Reports of train derailment near Barry, Ill.

Of the 78 cars, 34 jumped the track. Traffic is down to one lane on Illinois Highway 106 at the scene.

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Fri May 30, 2008

Pike Press

Seventh annual Pike County Civil War re-enactment June 7 and 8

The seventh annual Civil War re-enactment will be held at the Pittsfield City Lake June 7 and 8. "It's a wonderful spot for the battlefield," Kathy Zimmerman of the Lincoln Project, the sponsoring organization ...

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Related Topix: Pittsfield, IL, Pike County, IL

Sat Feb 23, 2008

Pike Press

Pike County youth has close brush with violence on college campus

“Our grandson, Matthew, went to the college until December when he dropped out to join the Army”

Pike County had a limited connection to the violence at Northern Illinois University last week, but it was enough to make family members uneasy. via Pike Press

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Related Topix: Pike County, IL, Pittsfield, IL

Thu Feb 21, 2008

Pike Press

Sixty-six and still counting

“I will not allow my son to become a victim of our states lack of leadership”

It's been nearly a year ago that the Pike County board, at the urging of member Mark Mountain, passed a resolution to oppose any new legislation restricting gun ownership. via Pike Press

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Related Topix: Pike County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stark County, IL, Guns

Wed Feb 13, 2008

Journal-Gazette

Health care expansion battle resumes amid budget concerns

“And now as we face a recession, our financial problems are daunting.”

By KURT ERICKSON, JG/T-C Springfield Bureau kurt.erikson@lee.net UPDATED 9:30 PM SPRINGFIELD -- Against the backdrop of looming budget problems, Gov. via Journal-Gazette

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Related Topix: Springfield, IL, Chenoa, IL, Illinois, Illinois Government

Thu Feb 07, 2008

Pike Press

Kiser Creek Trap Shoot Meeting in Barry Feb. 16

Kiser Creek Trap Range of New Canton is having a meeting on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 3:00 p.m. at the Western High School Gym in Barry. via Pike Press

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Related Topix: New Canton, IL, Pike County, IL

Sat Feb 02, 2008

Bureau County Republican

Births Announced

Jason Hanson and Tara Abell are the parents of a son, Wyatt Christopher, born Jan. via Bureau County Republican

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Thu Jan 31, 2008

Pike Press

Maxwell Wilma

Wilma Maxwell, 75, of the Barry Community Care Center, and formerly of Pittsfield, Illinois, died Tuesday morning, January 29, 2008, at the Barry Community Care Center, Barry, Illinois. via Pike Press

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Related Topix: Pittsfield, IL

Fri Jan 25, 2008

Pike Press

Pike well represented in 1844th

“I'm very much worried about her.”

A good number of Pike County's finest left Quincy Saturday as part of the Illinois National Guard's 1844th Transportation Unit. via Pike Press

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Related Topix: Pike County, IL, Rockport, IL, Chambersburg, IL, Marseilles, IL

Thu Jan 17, 2008

Pike Press

Western athletics selling old uniforms

Due to the recent consolidation, the Western athletics program has Barry, West Pike, and B-WP Heat uniforms that can no longer be used. via Pike Press

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Wed Jan 09, 2008

Pike Press

Cleaning up after the storms continues

“The public has done a good job of getting it out of their yards and out to the streets”

The ice and snow storms that have passed through Pike County have left the trees in Pike County in bad shape. via Pike Press

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Related Topix: Pleasant Hill, IL, Pike County, IL, Chambersburg, IL

Fri Jan 04, 2008

Pike Press

Cross Fred

Fred Cross, age 72, of Barry, and formerly of Valley City, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at St. via Pike Press

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Related Topix: Pittsfield, IL

Fri Dec 14, 2007

Wheaton Sun

Night Life

Comedy Comedy at the Roundhouse: Showtimes are 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and 8 p.m. Saturdays : Patti Vasquez with special guest Scott Derenger and other acts to be announced, Dec. via Wheaton Sun

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Related Topix: Rome, IL, Elmhurst, IL, Entertainment

Wed Dec 12, 2007

Journal & Topics Newspapers

Let It Soak In: Water Rates To Rise

“These rate increases are necessary as they will allow to continue to provide the level of service you expect as a customer, increase our water and sewer infrastructure renewal and replacement program, and to proceed with facility upgrades.”

Starting Jan. 1, Rosemont residents will shell out a few more dollars for water service after trustees approved a 15% water rate increase for 2008 and 44% total increase over the next three years at ... via Journal & Topics Newspapers

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Related Topix: Rosemont, IL, Chicago, IL

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