Hardin News

Marty L. Holder, 48, of Wrights, was arrested Monday night for violation of an order of protection.

Calhoun County towns and villages are looking toward cleanup now that the floodwaters are receding.

Iva M. Baugh, 79, died at 9 p.m. Monday, July 7, 2008, at Calhoun Nursing and Rehab in Hardin.

August and Janice Bland of Hardin will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at a dinner with family and friends beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 19 at the Barefoot in Hardin hosted by their daughters.

Despite a setback from overnight rains, IDOT employees worked hard Thursday to reopen the Great River Road from Grafton to Alton.

A makeshift barrier holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday, swamping the low-lying part of Winfield and ending a valiant but ultimately doomed battle against the surging river.

Law enforcement and one lone river snake were all that were plying the flooded Illinois River and its channels near Hardin Tuesday morning.

Some residents were holding their breath and others were breathing fire Friday as another day of flood fighting faded into the history books.

High water is the last thing people in Hardin want to see. "It just brings back memories of 93," says Phil Gress, the mayor of the small town in Calhoun County .

The United Way of Greater St. Louis called off all sandbagging operations Friday morning until further notice.

Some flood-prone Illinois communities are breathing sighs of relief, while others are still holding their breath.

Floodwaters are creeping toward several buildings in this Calhoun County village.

Floodwaters are creeping toward several buildings in the Jersey County village of Hardin.

You'll remember last week, when Hardin, IL's First Presbyterian Church Pastor Paul Frazier expressed outrage about being asked to swear allegiance to the U.S. when he volunteered to help a sandbagging effort in ...

With the floodwaters still rising, volunteer sandbaggers in Hamburg, Hardin and Elsah are not battling this disaster alone.

The Illinois River is now coming up. Water has crept onto Illinois Route 100 at Hardin and near Kampsville, forcing the closure of the roads to all but through traffic.

The Calhoun County town of Hamburg called Tuesday for a voluntary evacuation in advance of what some officials say is a looming disaster that may surpass the Great Flood of 1993.

Donald Leo Schneider Sr., 87, passed away at 9:28 a.m. Friday, June 6, 2008, at the Calhoun Care Center in Hardin.

The Village Board has decided to form its own planning commission to hear a request to rezone property for a new subdivision.

Legendary Roxana Shells football coach Charlie Raich died at his home in Roxana on Saturday morning, two weeks after his 75th birthday.