Congressional delegation backs Pritzker’s flood aid appeal November 5, 2019 12:08 pm|CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ congressional delegation is backing Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s appeal to the Federal Emergency Management…
Pritzker requests disaster declaration for local counties related to flooding August 30, 2019 11:11 am|Gov. J.B. Pritzker officially requested a federal disaster declaration on Thursday for damaging floods that ravaged large swaths…
Southern Illinois village at risk if no FEMA levee approval August 11, 2019 10:43 am|PRAIRIE DU ROCHER, Ill. (AP) – The fate of a Mississippi River levee that’s awaiting a decision on…
Illinois asking for federal help after February flooding April 13, 2018 11:43 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The state of Illinois is asking the federal government to help residents in three…
Rauner chooses acting director of Illinois emergency agency November 15, 2017 12:46 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner has chosen a retired U.S. Navy Reserves captain and deputy director…
FEMA denies aid for Illinois flood victims November 14, 2017 1:06 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has decided against helping victims of last summer’s record flooding…
Feds, state to conduct Illinois flood damage assessments August 18, 2017 11:19 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has asked federal responders to join state officials in assessing the…
Carl Sandburg College hosts area colleges in FEMA training March 24, 2017 10:51 am|Earlier this week Carl Sandburg College hosted and took part in a Federal Emergency Management Agency sponsored multi-day emergency…
Rauner appeals federal denial of disaster funds April 9, 2016 11:58 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is appealing the federal government’s March decision to deny…