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Salem, IL News Archives for April 2008

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17 hrs ago | HeraldTribune.com

Wide Midwest area rattled

“Things are well-known on the West Coast because they've been studying this for a hundred years with a lot of resources”

The aftershocks that rippled around this city and other parts of the Midwest on Friday were not only seismic but stupefying: That shaking and swaying in the predawn hours Friday morning, Chicagoans asked one ... via HeraldTribune.com

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Yesterday | WGN-TV Chicago

Nope, you weren't dreaming

“You don't feel a magnitude 5 quake in California in nearly as big a region as you do in Illinois”

A massive rock formation 7 miles below West Salem, Ill., moved just an inch or so at 4:36 a.m. Friday, but that was enough to cause the 5.2 magnitude earthquake that broke windows and cracked walls near the ... via WGN-TV Chicago

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Yesterday | Topeka Capital-Journal

Scientists say Midwest quakes poorly understood

“We cannot even borrow on the knowledge they learn on the West Coast”

Construction cranes are seen atop the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago on Friday, April 18, 2008. via Topeka Capital-Journal

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Friday | WEHT

Did You Feel It?

“My brother is in Toledo, Ohio and he felt it up there. Woke us up.”

NEWS 25 has received many emails from people around the Tri-State about the earthquake. via WEHT

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Friday | KMOV.com

5.4 earthquake rattles St. Louis

A 5.4 earthquake in Illinois has rocked people awake as far away as Indiana and Ohio, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a large temblor in the Midwest. via KMOV.com

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Tuesday Apr 15 | State Journal-Register

Springfield tops 120,000

“Other communities have kept him on year after year on a retainer. We'll see what happens when he goes away. I'm going to let the aldermen make up their own minds.”

Springfield's population now tops 120,000, Mayor Tim Davlin said at his state of the city address Monday. via State Journal-Register

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Wednesday Apr 9 | McKendree College News Center

National Business Honor Society Presents Service Award and Inducts New Members

“I was extremely honored to receive the award from Sigma Beta Delta. Being the first year for the award, I feel even more honored and privileged that I am the recipient”

McKendree RSS News Feed Lebanon , Ill. Sigma Beta Delta, McKendree University's honor society for business, management or administration, awarded its first School of Business Service Award on March 25 to senior ... via McKendree College News Center

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