Wood River, IL

Area gas prices top $4 a gallon; low supply to blame
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
A BP refinery in Whiting, Ind., operating at only one-third of capacity due to a long-running expansion project. — Slowdowns at a Phillips 66 refinery in Wood River. Laskoski said gas prices in Indiana and Michigan dropped a penny from Thursday to ...

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Star Shots | June 7, 2013
Kansas City Star
Keith Myers — The Kansas City Star A youth mission group from the United Presbyterian Church of Wood River, Ill., has been in the area this week working a variety of projects. On Friday, June 7, 2013, Amy Huebner (from left), Sydney Slayden, Kaylynn St.

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Alton Golf Hall of Fame ushers in its 2013 class
Alton Telegraph
Stites, a stylish player at Alton High and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is the head girls coach at Waterloo High and has more than 27 years of teaching experience. He started playing the sport at age 10 and was the captain and Most ...

KMVT
Watch Out For The Sheep In The Wood River Valley
KMVT
Hailey, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KTWT-TV ) It's springtime in the Wood River Valley, which means sheep are in the area. More than 14-thousand domestic sheep are beginning their annual migration into the high country. The sheep have been moving through the ...

Wood River Health Services earns Worksite Health Award
The Westerly Sun
Wood River Health provides medical and dental care and social services to more than 9,000 area residents. Posted: Friday, June 7, 2013 10:30 am | Updated: 11:11 am, Fri Jun 7, 2013. Wood River Health Services earns Worksite Health Award 0 comments ...

Gruenenfelder & Septeowski Memorial Golf Tournament Slated for June 30
PR.com (press release)
Woodriver, IL, June 07, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The tournament will be a single-player or four-person scramble format, beginning with registration, practice, and lunch at 11:30 a.m. and a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Entrance fees are $90 per person or $360 for a ...

Gas prices leave BC residents feeling ill
Battle Creek Enquirer
Last week, the Phillips 66 Wood River plant in Roxana, Ill., reported a process leak. Its operations status was unclear. The plant also had an unplanned shutdown in late February. • In late May, a compressor at Citgo Petroleum's Lemont, Ill., refinery ...

Column: Recent tornadoes spark a safety refresher course
SuburbanJournals
Other storms were reported in South County, St. Louis city and St. Clair County, and a second EF-3 tornado struck an outbuilding near the Wood River-Roxana refinery complex. As of this writing, only eight people suffered injuries, and, remarkably ...

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Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
Snake River baseball title to Wood River U-12s
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
It was rewarding start to the youth baseball tournament season for the Wood River Baseball and Softball Association's U-12 baseball squad. Coached by Brian Nelson and Matt Douthit, the Hailey-based boys won the fourth annual Snake River Shootout ...

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Legion baseball opens 30-game season Monday
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
Wood River competes in the Area C “A” West Division with eight other teams, all nine of the West clubs battling for six spots in late July's 12-team district tournament. Rounding out the 19-team Area C this year are 10 teams in the East Division, also ...

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Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
U-15 lacrosse (6-1) ends season with two wins
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
Wood River Warriors, front row, from left, Claire Guthrie, Sophie Nasvik and Addason Park; middle row, from left, Ashton Owens, Tre Black, Car-son Small, Hans Heaphy, Issac Loomis and Matt Galgano; and back row, from left, coach Aaron Prazenka, Joseph ...

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Phillips 66: Planned Work Under Way at Illinois Refinery
Wall Street Journal
The Wood River Refinery on Wednesday told Illinois environmental regulators that a flare gas recovery compressor on a flare stack unit caused a release of sulfur dioxide and flaring, and a similar report was made to the agency on Monday. It isn't clear ...

CBS News
Bergdahls 'greatly relieved' by letter from Bowe
kgw.com
Yellow ribbons still hang from trees and businesses across the Wood River Valley. A special tree planting ceremony is scheduled for June 22 at Hop Porter Park in Hailey as part of a “Bring Bowe Back” event later this month. The Boise Valley POW/MIA ...
Bergdahl family: 'Greatly relieved and encouraged' by letter from BoweKTVB
Bergdahls: Letter hints Bowe is aliveIdaho Mountain Express and Guide

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Canada crude - Prices rise on expectation of refinery demand
Reuters
Prices showed little reaction to news that Phillips 66 is conducting planned maintenance at its 362,000 bpd joint-venture refinery in Wood River, Illinois. The company did not give details regarding specific units involved or the duration of the work ...

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ENERGY MARKETS REPORT INCLUDING: Phillips 66 has reported flaring ...
Proactive Investors UK
ENERGY MARKETS REPORT INCLUDING: Phillips 66 has reported flaring gases at its 356,000 bpd Wood River refinery. By Ransquawk June 06 2013, 10:35am. column image. Heading into the North American open, WTI crude futures approach yesterday's ...

Pitcher – Jacob Newton, Canyon Ridge
Twin Falls Times-News
Tim Boyle, Wood River; AJ Rierden, Jerome; Jason Byce, Twin Falls; Jack Darrington, Burley; Trey Bishop, Canyon Ridge. SOFTBALL. First Team. Catcher – Cortney Nolan, Twin Falls. Infield – Kayler Detmer, Canyon Ridge. Infield – Kori Paradis, Wood River ...

Aggregation Misinformation Being Peddled
Alton Daily News
Area residents have, for the most part, welcomed the concept of electric aggregation. Communities around the region have entered into contracts with Good Energy, which is able to get a better rate on the purchase of electricity by buying in bulk. There ...

Football all-star game set for June 15 at SHG
The State Journal-Register
Columbia — Adam Jackson, OL-DL. East Alton-Wood River — Aaron Ragusa, QB-LB; Levi Harmon, OL-LB; Alex Harmon, OL-DL; Ryan Gonzales, OL-DL. Edwardsville — Donte Tinnin, RB-LB; Jake Vinyard, WR-FS; Wes Grigaitis, TE-LB; Jake Jennings, OL.

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Gas prices hit $3.99, affect local drivers
Zanesville Times Recorder
Schwind said the Exxon Mobile refinery in Joliet, Ill., is expected to start going back online this week after maintenance, and work continues on the BP refinery in Whiting, Ind. The Wood River refinery, owned by Phillips and Cenovus in Roxana, Ill ...

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Letter gives hope for captured Idaho soldier's safe return
KREM.com (registration)
Yellow ribbons still hang from trees and businesses across the Wood River Valley. A special tree planting ceremony is scheduled for June 22nd at Hop Porter Park in Hailey as part of a “Bring Bowe Back” event later this month. NewsChannel 7 is working ...

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