EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Illinois Senator Dick Durbin returns to his boyhood hometown of East St. Louis Thursday morning to visit a FEMA disaster recovery center.

According to reports, that location and one in Caseyville, Illinois opened last week. President Joe Biden declared July’s flooding a major disaster just last month.


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The deadline for those in St. Clair County to apply for federal help is December 17.