Barry News

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 ...

“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

“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

“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

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

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

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

“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

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

“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

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

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

“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