Scenic, struggling S. Illinois braces for oil rush




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Summary: VIENNA, Ill. (AP) , This is the Illinois that many people never see , the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps. Blacktopped county roads wend through no-stoplight towns. Locals speak in soft drawls and talk of generations who've lived on the same land or in the same villages.