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PHILO – Three people remained hospitalized this morning in good condition with injuries they received in a collision west of Philo just after 3 p.m. Friday. via News-Gazette Local Stories

“There may be more houses out there (than 20 years ago), but the zoning use of the area is the same as in the 1980s”

Despite objections from neighbors who would rather see it built on an alternate site, Aqua Illinois is moving forward with construction of a new water tower on Old Ottawa Road the week of May 12. via The Commercial-News, Danville, IL

“The largest historical earthquake in the region (magnitude 5.4) damaged southern Illinois in 1968.”

Tremors from a moderate earthquake centered in downstate Illinois rattled people awake across the Chicago area Friday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage, authorities said.

The earthquake, which measured 5.2 on the Richter Scale, struck at 4:36 a.m. near the town of West Salem, Ill., about 60 miles northwest of Evansville, Ind., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An intitial estimate of the magnitude put it at 5.4, which would have matched the strongest earthquake to ever be recorded in the region. Read more

“My bed is an older wood frame bed, so the bed started to creak and shake, and it was almost like somebody was taking my mattress and moving it back and forth.”

Residents across the Midwest and beyond were alarmed early Friday by the earthquake that radiated from Southern Illinois and shook the entire Chicago area.

Shockwaves were felt from Michigan to Georgia.

In downstate Mt. Carmel, the epicenter of the quake, a woman was trapped in her home by a collapsed porch but was quickly freed and wasn't hurt, said Mickie Smith, a dispatcher at the police department.

Also in Mt. Carmel, a two-story apartment building was evacuated because of loose and falling bricks. Police cordoned off the building, a 1904 school converted to residences. An antenna on the roof was also bent. Read more

“Windows were rattling, and you could hear it. The house was shaking inches. For people in central Illinois, this is a big deal. It's not like California.”

"It shook our house where it woke me up," David Behm of Philo, Illinois, told the AP. via NowPublic

“Windows were rattling, and you could hear it. The house was shaking inches. For people in central Illinois, this is a big deal. It's not like California.”

Residents across the Midwest were awakened Friday by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that rattled skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop and homes in Cincinnati but appeared to cause no major injuries or damage. via Suburban Chicago News

“It shook our house where it woke me up”

A strong earthquake that rattled parts of southern Illinois and Indiana early this morning was felt in the Grand Rapids area, about 320 miles away. via MLive.com

“Professor Philo Pheldman has invented something called the WeatherTRON 2000, which is intended to control the weather, but poor Philo can't do anything right”

An about-to-be-discarded robot prop inspired an original play by Michael-Colin Reed, artistic director of the Village Players Theater for Youth. via Sun-Times News Group

PHILO – Just over 9 miles of a state highway will be widened to improve its quality and life expectancy and to make it safer, Illinois Department of Transportation officials have announced. via News-Gazette Technology Stories

PHILO – Champaign County sheriff's investigators are trying to find out who supplied alcohol to a Sidney teen who crashed her car while intoxicated early Sunday morning. via News-Gazette Technology Stories

URBANA – A Philo man arrested Friday for allegedly making calls to his estranged wife in violation of an order of protection was also formally charged Friday with possession with intent to deliver ... via News-Gazette Courts, Police & Fire St...

URBANA – A Philo man upset with a man he thought was with his wife was charged Friday with home invasion. via News-Gazette Technology Stories

Champaign A 27-year-old man was arrested for operating an uninsured vehicle at the intersection of Bradley and McKinley avenues early Tuesday morning. via The Daily Illini