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Tuesday, October 23, 2012  System requires cell phone users to opt in.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  Marion County Missouri has put their Code Red Alert System on line and now they want people to get their cell phones registered for emergency and weather alerts.

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  A new county wide alert system in Lee County Iowa will allow messages to be sent via text or even to your e-mail inbox.

Thursday, July 05, 2012  Marion County has a new emergency alert system that uses your landline telephone.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  Tri-State residents in some of our southern communities might be getting an automated phone call from emergency officials in the coming months. It's part of the "call 'em all" alert system that being put in place in Pittsfield, Illinois and Marion County, Missouri. This new system will provide as a backup to the rest.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  The Hannibal City Council has thrown its support behind a system that would call resident's home phones to alert them to emergency situations.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009  The system was first implemented in November of 2007 to alert students, staff and faculty at both WIU campuses of school closures and emergency situations.

Monday, November 30, 2009  Western Illinois University plans to test its campus wide emergency alert system on Tuesday December 1st.

Friday, February 15, 2008  Fortunately, it appears that no Tri-State area students who attend NIU were hurt.One Quincy mother told KHQA the university sent her son a text message when the incident took place.So we contacted Quincy University, Western Illinois University, John Wood Community College, Hannibal LaGrange and Carl Sandburg College to ask about emergency alert communications.