WUIS News

The search is resuming for a missing Chatham man whose vehicle was swept off a flooded road Saturday.  Authorities say the 75 year old man tried to drive through floodwaters on Loami Road.  His vehicle was found 150 yards from the road.  A nearby creek had flooded due to heavy rains.  Authorites say the mission is now one of recovery.

The deadline to make changes in the group health insurance program is now Monday June 20 at the close of business.  The changes will take effect in July.  Recent legal wrangling over state health insurance has led to widespread confusion about what plans are available for the coming year. The state has signed 90 day contracts with several existing vendors, with Humana the only exception. Humana members who don't choose a new plan by the deadline will be defaulted into a CIGNA plan. 

As much as 12 inches of rain fell on the Jacksonville area over the weekend, shutting down roads, damaging homes and threatening the town's water supply.  Water is receding in many areas of the community, although a boil order remains in effect and residents are advised to conserve water usage. 

A federal report released says there were nearly 14,400 homeless people in Illinois last year. The number has fallen seven percent since 2007, according to the report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. (AP)

A legislative panel has approved a temporary health insurance plan for about 200,000 Illinois state workers. A state official says the temporary contracts will provide ``continuity of care'' as litigation involving the state's health insurance plans works its way through the courts. (AP)

A mosquito batch south of Peoria has provided the first positive West Nile virus test results in Illinois this year. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced the positive test result from a mosquito batch in Delavan, about 25 miles south of Peoria in Tazewell County. The sample was taken Friday. (AP)

Dozens of new workers' compensation claims filed by employees at Menard Correctional Center in southern Illinois even with an ongoing federal investigation. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that the 59 new claims have all been filed since January. (AP)

Governor Pat Quinn says federal disaster assistance has been approved for 21 Illinois counties. State and local governments can seek reimbursements for 75 percent of their expenses related to flooding and storms that hit the region earlier this year. Officials say the storms' cost to state and local government was $20 million. (AP)

Tom Lagomarcino, the owner of an iconic western Illinois confectionary, has died at the age of 95. Beth Lagomarcino tells The Quad-City Times her father died Saturday of age-related illnesses. His family has run Lagomarcino's for more than 100 years in downtown Moline. (AP)

Susan Koch will take over as University of Illinois Springfield's new chancellor at the start of next month. The U of I Board of Trustees approved Koch's appointment Thursday at its meeting in Chicago. The appointment had been announced previously, but it still needed formal board action. Koch will also hold the title of university vice president. She had been Northern Michigan University's provost. She replaces interim chancellor Harry Berman.