Creal Springs News

The dedication of a new boardwalk in the Cache River State Natural Area Friday culminates several years of effort by a class of middle-schoolers. The boardwalk connects a parking lot to the wetland area in the Section 8 Woods Nature Preserve near Cypress in Johnson County.

Richard Dwayne Colbroth Jr., 19, of Creal Springs is wanted on warrants for escape and threatening a witness.

The National Weather Service has completed a ten year study of tornadoes through 2010, and Illinois is ranked 4th in the nation.

Numerous reports of storm damage being reported this morning. News 3 viewers are reporting damage in Harrisburg.

The Illinois State Fire Marshal's office is looking into a weekend fire in Williamson County.