Illinois

VIDEO: Brief Tornado West of Paxton, Illinois in Ford County

Sun May 8, 2011 08:19 am Cardinal News

KDR Media chaser, Jesse Risley captured this footage from tornado warned cells near Champaign, IL. This footage includes video from Allerton, Paxton and Ferris, IL on May 7th, 2011. A tornado warning was issued for […]

VIDEO: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Blow Up Missouri Levee to Save Cairo, Illinois

Tue May 3, 2011 06:59 pm Cardinal News

Explosions at night break levee: Suburban Memphis is preparing for a flood after the U.S. Army corp of engineers intentionally broke through a Missouri levee to save an Illinois town. Now the rush of water […]

Thomas Twardzik Arrested After Soliciting a Cook County Sheriff Posing Online As 13-Year-Old Girl

Tue May 3, 2011 06:52 pm Cardinal News

Bond has been set at $125,000 for a man who thought he was soliciting sex acts from a young girl, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Saturday. Thomas Twardzik, 24, of the 600 block […]

Mandatory Flood Evacuation Order in Cairo, Crest Expected Tuesday

Sun May 1, 2011 01:58 pm Cardinal News

Police are going door to door throughout Cairo, Ill., to clear out any remaining residents after the mayor issued a mandatory evacuation over flood concerns. Law enforcement officers were going door-to-door Sunday throughout Cairo, Illinois, […]

April Rain, April Sun: Most and Least, Respectively

Sun May 1, 2011 12:13 pm Cardinal News

April’s rainfall statistics in 2011, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel broke the old April record of 7.13 inches set back in 1957 with an April 2011 statewide average rainfall of 7.45 inches. Rainfall […]

Round Lake Mom, Melissa Ann Best, Found Dead in Minivan Parked in Grayslake

Tue Apr 26, 2011 02:22 pm Cardinal News

The body Melissa Ann Best, 34-year-old, of Round Lake Park who had been missing for over one week was found by police investigators on the floor of her minivan in a Grayslake parking lot parking […]

Tornado Video: Bowling Green, Missouri; Carlinville, Illinois

Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:30 pm Cardinal News

Storms with heavy rain and tornados swept through northeastern Missouri and central Illinois, damaging barns and toppling utility poles and downing power lines. Illinois Tornado Reports for April 19, 2011 Two homes were destroyed and […]

Risk of Severe Weather Just South of Interstate 80 and Especially Central Illinois

Tue Apr 19, 2011 05:20 pm Cardinal News

No severe weather expected in Arlington Heights or north of Interstate 80, but severe weather risk is indicated south of Interstate 80 and especially south of Kankakee, including Bloomington, Champaign, and Peoria, Springfield and onto […]

Peoria-Based Caterpillar Meets With Gov. Quinn; Plans to Stay in Illinois

Tue Apr 5, 2011 12:03 pm Cardinal News

Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman says his company is staying in Illinois. He says he was just trying to start a dialogue when he wrote a letter to Gov. Pat Quinn about other states’ efforts to […]

‘Autumn Frost’ Will Start in August: Filming of ‘Superman: Man of Steel” Planned for Chicago, Plano

Mon Mar 28, 2011 06:28 am Cardinal News

Downtown Plano, Illinois on May 12, 2008 (CC-BY-SA License). Filming of Warner Bros. Pictures’ next Superman movie code named ‘Autumn Frost’ will take place in the Chicago area, starting in August and continuing over two […]

Amazon Affiliates in Illinois Caught in the Crossfire Between Amazon and Hasty Illinois Lawmakers

Fri Mar 11, 2011 03:10 pm Cardinal News

Yesterday, after two-months of mulling over a decision, Democrat Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today signed controversial legislation (House BIll 3659) that requires Internet retailers like Amazon.com and Overstock.com to collect Illinois’ 6.25% sales tax […]

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