Local Durbin, Senators Urge President Obama to Create Drought Task Force by Gary Kopycinski on August 2, 2012 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 With nearly every county in Illinois eligible for disaster assistance, interagency group needed to address impact of drought in all sectors of the economy