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Ask residents of beautiful Murphysboro why it's such a great town and you are likely to hear these responses: excellent schools, friendly residents, delicious barbeque, charming (affordable!) homes, and fantastic fishing and boating. With convenient access to metropolitan areas such as St. Louis, Missouri; Paducah, Kentucky; and Evansville, Indiana, Murphysboro is a quiet, comfortable place to live and the ideal place to locate and grow your business. Artists have found the community to be a welcoming environment for them to produce and market their work.  Just eight miles from Southern Illinois University, surrounded by orchards and wineries and adjacent to the Shawnee National Forest, Murphysboro is a town that nurtures and sustains new businesses with its intelligent workforce and proactive civic/industrial partnerships.

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  • ‎1/24/2012 The City of Murphysboro will be working over the next week to install three additional outdoor warning sirens. After installation each siren may be tested briefly by the installer. These tests will be conducted during day-light hours and on one siren at a time. The test will last for only a few seconds. IN THE EVENT THERE IS A REAL EMERGENCY, ALL SIRENS IN THE CITY WILL BE ACTIVATED AT THE SAME TIME AND THE SIGNAL WILL LAST FOR THE FULL THREE MINUTES. Please do not panic if you hear a siren sound briefly during the next week. It is anticipated the new sirens will be fully tested on the first tuesday in Feb. at 10 am.
  • Siren installation has been delayed due to rainy weather conditions. Installation is planned for the week of January 30th. (Weather Permitting)