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- Signs honoring soldiers torn down and destroyed
A Crime Stoppers cash reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of vandals who tore down and destroyed 26 signs that had been hung on light poles in downtown Albion to honor servicemen and ...
- Cow delivers Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny surprise
A few Sundays ago, Todd Kelsey drove out to check on his hundred head of cattle on the family farm north of Albion, Ill., and found a sickly looking newborn calf lying in the pasture.
- Men who died in Illinois oil well explosion identified
Investigators on Thursday evening confirmed the identities of two men killed Wednesday in an oil well explosion west of Crossville.
- 2 killed, 5 injured in oilfield explosion
Two people are dead and five injured after an explosion at an oil well site a mile west of Crossville, Ill., Wednesday morning.
- Ind. Courts - Albion attorney faces theft charges
Len Wells reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press in a story that begins: An Albion attorney who also serves as the public defender for Wabash County has been arrested on charges he stole thousands of ...
- Accused Serial Killer's Hit List Revealed
Thursday in court, for the first time, prosecutors revealed all five names on accused serial killer Bruce Mendenhalla s hit list.
- Trucker Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Plot Charges
An Illinois truck driver accused of killing at least four women in three states has pleaded not guilty to charges of solicitation to commit first-degree murder.
- Mendenhall Charged With Plotting Murders From Jail Cell
An accused Tri-State serial killer is being accused of plotting the murders of five people from his jail cell in Tennessee.
- Accused Serial Killer Charged with Murder Plots
An Illinois truck driver accused of killing at least four women in three states has been booked on a grand jury indictment of five counts of solicitation to commit first-degree murder.
- Tradition is ingredient in Bone Gap Chowder
There certainly are bigger chowders and perhaps older chowders, but there's not a chowder in Southern Illinois prepared with more tradition than the annual Bone Gap Chowder.
- Creating needed resources in southern Illinois: Moms for Autism is born
Shea Gifford plays with daughter, Abigail, 2, who was diagnosed with autism in May.
- Continue reading "Honeywell accused in price-fixing lawsuit"
Honeywell International is among several automotive-product manufacturers accused of fixing the price of oil filters over a nine-year period, according to lawsuits filed against the company.
- Wife of Serial Killer Bruce Mendenhall Found Dead
Linda Lee Mendenhall, wife of serial killer suspect Bruce D. Mendenhall was found dead this morning at her home on S. 3rd Street in Albion.
- Interim ambulance director named
An interim administrator has been named to oversee the operation of the Edwards County Ambulance service after the former director abruptly resigned last week. via Evansville Courier & Press
- Auto parts price fixing alleged
"We believe the lawsuit is without merit and intend to vigorously defend ourselves. Beyond that, we can't comment on the ongoing litigation." A Pennsylvania-based auto parts dealer has filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Benton, Ill., against a number of automotive filter manufacturers, alleging they conspired to fix prices for ... via Evansville Courier & Press
- Residents Close to the Epicenter Of Friday's Tornado Hope The Worst Is Over
"I dispatch for a lot of tornados and severe weather, and California can keep their earthquakes" By Alex Fees -- The residents of Edwards County in eastern Illinois are accustomed to being threatened this time of year by tornados and flooding. via KSDK-TV Saint Louis
- Downstate Residents Describe Earthquake
"As of right now, we can't go in there until an inspector comes by and chances are they're going to condemn it, and I don't even know if they're going to let us get our stuff out or not" A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit southern Illinois and shook states as far away as Georgia and Michigan. via Cbs2chicago.com
- Earthquake rattles Tri-State
"Obviously, it depends on what the soil is where you're at, and what type of building you're in" Wabash Valley Seismic Zone produced quake U.S. Geological Survey LINK: GOOGLE MAP OF EPICENTER An earthquake rattled the Tri-State and much of the Midwest in the early morning hours Friday, causing minor damage ... via Evansville Courier & Press
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City DescriptionAlbion is a city in Edwards County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,933 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Edwards County.
Albion is located at 38°22′38″N 88°3′40″W / 38.37722, -88.06111 (38.377300, -88.061028). In it, Illinois Route 130 and Illinois Route 15 meet.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²), of which, 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (2.28%) is water.
Albion was founded soon after the end of the War of 1812 by a colony of Englishmen led by George Flower. The American settlers in Edwards County, many of them veterans of that war, mostly from Kentucky, viewed the English colony with great suspicion.
Flower came to America in 1816. He and Morris Birkbeck, another Englishman, met and agreed to explore the western country with the idea of starting a colony of their own countrymen. After a long journey through Ohio, Indiana, and the Illinois Territory, they were so impressed with the beauty of the countryside around Boultinghouse Prairie that they knew they had found what they were looking for. They bought all the land they could afford, and ... Read MoreCity Contained By:
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