Big Muddy River

In a deposition from Big Muddy River Correctional Center, Hacker noted that he had a “very troubled childhood” with a grandmother who molested him and an alcoholic father who beat his mother.

He drove over a big, muddy river, and laughed out loud when he saw that the name of it, according to the sign, was the Big Muddy River.

In Southern Illinois, a flood warning has been issued for a portion of the Big Muddy River near Murphysboro.

Army Corps of Engineers says Rend Lake in southern Illinois was crucial to alleviate flooding on the Big Muddy River and Casey Fork River when water levels rose in recent weeks.

And in southern Illinois, the Big Muddy River near Murphysboro is also under a flood warning.