Harrisburg

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 10, 2013 - After a killer tornado tore through Harrisburg, Ill., on Leap Day 2012, residents…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 19, 2012 - WASHINGTON — Shocked that the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied disaster…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 5, 2012 - A month after the Leap Day Tornado, Bonita Humphrey of Harrisburg, Ill., was digging…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 2, 2012 - Under the cheerful blue sky of a late March morning, a handful of volunteers armed…

Harrisburg and other southern Illinois communities affected by a deadly tornado in February are getting up to $13 million in state and Small Business…

Illinois will get the chance to convince the federal government to reverse denial of aid to southern Illinois homeowners socked by last month's deadly…

Authorities in southern Illinois say a seventh person has died from injuries suffered in the EF-4 tornado that slammed into the town of Harrisburg on Feb.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 1, 2012 - On Wednesday morning, before driving back to St. Louis from Potosi, Mo., Quinn…

Nixon declares state of emergency for severe storms, possible tornadoes hit southwestern Mo., southern Ill.; at least four confirmed deadAt least one…