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Flooding robs residents of tap water
Residents of Lawrenceville were without a reliable source of drinking water Wednesday after the town's main supply line broke somewhere under the surging floodwaters of the Wabash River.
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Engineers to try dye to pinpoint water main break
A team of engineers and Lawrenceville municipal workers are heading out in boats today to try to locate where the city's main water line is broken beneath the floodwaters of the Wabash River.
Fresh Water Being Brought into Lawrenceville, IL
Flooding is causing a different kind of water problem in Lawrence County, Illinois.
Flood-affected Lawrenceville area without running water
Some floodwaters may be receding around Lawrenceville in southeastern Illinois, but that area has a new problem on its hands.
Three to See: Alternatives to Artropolis
Each Week, Chicago Public Radio's Matt Cunningham brings us three cultural events for our calendar. via WBEZ-FM Chicago
Parishioner pays $10,000 for ad in USA Today asking pope to remove Braxton
“It is my intention to serve as Bishop of the Diocese of Belleville as long as the Holy Father wants me to do so.”
A millionaire philanthropist and parishioner of the Diocese of Belleville paid $10,000 to place an ad in USA Today asking Pope Benedict XVI to remove Bishop Edward Braxton and assign him elsewhere to ... via Belleville News
“People pay taxes. You can levy a tax on corporations or on a business, but ultimately that tax has to come out of someone's paycheck”
Tax-hating Chicagoans might consider making a happy home way up in Anchorage, Alaska, but should avoid being seduced by pricey Bridgeport, Connecticut. via Chicago Magazine
Custodian became part of fabric of life at church
“Next thing I know, he runs to the van, gets cigarettes for her. He says, 'Call 911, now.”
They called him the 'Mayor of Desplaines and Adams,' the broad-smiled man posted every Sunday on the worn stone steps of Old St. via Chicago Tribune
Fire Destroys Old School Building
A fire in the valley heavily damages a former school building early this morning. via WTWO-TV Terre Haute
Prep Football: Flanagan-Woodland cracks into Top 10
Flanagan-Woodland is beginning to be recognized on a state-wide scale. The Falcons popped into the Associated Press Class 2A rankings this week at No. via The Times