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There's a lot of talk about how to revive small towns, especially in the rural Midwest, which Donald Trump carried easily. Visit Cairo, Ill., and at times it feels like a place on life support.
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Attorneys for a southern Illinois man accused of fatally stabbing two Cairo bank workers say he isn’t eligible for the death penalty because he’s…
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The National Weather Service has lowered projected Ohio River crest levels, leading Paducah officials to cancel preparations to install the city’s…
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A coalition of ninety environmental groups and over twenty community leaders in Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky are urging President Obama to block the...
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When Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee passed away, Cairo native Rachel Jones wrote a remembrance about his recruiting her. Jones has worked for NPR, the…
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Cairo may become the home of one of Illinois’ 22 medical marijuana grow operations.Area 51 Growers, based in New Athens, Ill. and Sikeston, Mo., has...
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Citizens of Cairo are planning to establish a memorial for the victims of a botched bank robbery.Anita Grace and Nita Jo Smith were both murdered in May...
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Work to maintain and repair the U.S. 51 Ohio River Bridge between Wickliffe, Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois will restrict traffic to a 7 -foot maximum load…
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A new program has been putting young people to work in Cairo. The federally funded Youth Build program is helping ten youths get help with life skills and
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Moderate flooding is expected near Cairo, IL as the Mississippi and Illinois rivers crests this week, but the National Weather Service said the risk of…