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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Illinois...

Big Muddy River near Murphysboro affecting Jackson County.

Big Muddy River near Plumfield affecting Franklin and Williamson
Counties.

.The Big Muddy River continues to rise due to heavy rain last week
and over the weekend. The river will crest on Thursday before
starting a very slow fall.

For the Big Muddy River...including Plumfield, Murphysboro...Major
flooding is forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

&&

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

* WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.

* WHERE...Big Muddy River near Plumfield.

* WHEN...Until further notice.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:30 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 28.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 30.7
feet early Thursday morning.
- Flood stage is 20.0 feet.


&&

SIU Football: Salukis putting in the work early in fall camp

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Nick Hill SIU Fall Camp Image
By Jason Hurst

CARBONDALE (WSIL) --

SIU Football continues to perfect their craft in fall camp.

The team is ironing out all the kinks.

Two days of camp in the books.

Here are sights and sounds from fall camp.

"It's really about coming out with a mindset of being as good as you possibly can be every day," SIU Head Football Coach Nick Hill said.

SIU is coming off a playoff run where they made it all the way to the national quarterfinals and finished ranked 8th in the country. Several publications have the Salukis as a top ten team in their preseason poll. SIU doesn't shy away from the recognition.

"If you have a good team there's going to be expectations if you return players and have been good in the past, still on the team, you're expected to play well. I mean that's the way it is you can't shy away from expectations."

"It's dangerous to be over-confident but we just got slapped in the face by being ranked fourth in our conference," SIU quarterback Stone Labanowitz said. "We feel that's not where we should be ranked so there's the chip that levels it out so we definitely have to humble ourselves."

The Salukis made the playoffs for the first time since 2009. They weren't content on just making the postseason. This year is no different. They know what they are capable of and it all starts in fall camp.

"Our goals remain what it's been, trying to win a conference championship, win a national championship but right now those are the goals but we just have to put our head down and work and grind," SIU cornerback James Ceasar said. "We'll reach those goals if we do what we got to do in fall camp and this upcoming season."

"As long as we are hung up on last season, we won't progress and taking it a day at a time will get us to forget about what we did last season because nobody cares," Labanowitz said. "We didn't do anything, we didn't accomplish anything we ultimately wanted to so taking it one day at a time and picking up the steam and confidence we had in the later part of last season is the goal right now. Just to admit everything we did a couple months ago in the spring and build a new team this year and a new confidence, new vibe, new swag."

"You just have to come to work and prepare and make sure when the moment is there, you feel good about your preparation," Hill added. "You got to go cut it loose. That's what this team's got to be about, just really focused on itself."

On this year's Salukis team, there is plenty of leadership and high level talent. Sixteen sixth year seniors. Four All-Americans.

"I really feel like we have a lot of talent," Ceasar said. It's just the small little details we need to iron out and get everything going." I feel like we can have the best defense in the country honestly with the playmakers that we have, the coaches we have, Coach Petrino drawing up great schemes and things like that. We have everything we need to make this happen. I feel like we just got to keep moving forward, keep putting our best foot forward and keep putting the work in and those results will show."

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