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Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Finishing a three-day New Year's weekend tour of central and southern Illinois flood damage, Gov. Bruce Rauner says the worst seems to be in the state's southern tip. “Down in Alexander County, the water is still rising,” says the governor, “and the Mississippi River has breached levees in five different places...

You've got to admire a guy who's cool and unflappable in a serious situation. A guy who can keep it together and do the right thing when life throws a big curveball. A guy like Texan Kerry Parker. During the recent spate of thunderstorms that swept through Texas, Parker found his car, with him in it, being washed away by the terrible flooding near Austin...

An interesting mix of winter weather could lead to flooding in the Stateline on Thursday and Friday.