AG Gentner Drummond hopes to settle a 20-year lawsuit holding poultry companies responsible for pollution in the.

NewsOn6.com. TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma -- SkyNews6 flew over the swollen Illinois River Tuesday and captured images of extensive damage to businesses and homes near Tahlequah.

Businesses along the Illinois River are seeing major flooding from storms. Cherokee County Emergency Management said the river should fall below flood stage by the next day.

In a 20-year-old lawsuit, a Tulsa-based federal judge has ruled the Illinois River watershed still is being damaged by poultry waste runoff.

A judge ruled that a number of poultry companies, including Tyson and Simmons, polluted the Illinois River, with no recent change in litter or manure waste.

Almost 18 years later, Oklahoma wins lawsuit against Arkansas poultry firms over Illinois River pollution. January 19, 2023 at 9:35 a.m. | Updated January 19, 2023 at 11:42 a.m.

The river's watershed covers 1,657 square miles, with 758 in Benton, Washington and Crawford counties in Arkansas and 899 in northeast Oklahoma's Adair, Cherokee, Delaware and Sequoyah counties.

Illinois River timeline. 1970: Oklahoma designates the Illinois River a scenic waterway under the 1968 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. 1988: Environmental Protection Agency permits Fayetteville, ...

TULSA -- A federal judge will consider new evidence in the 19-year-old lawsuit brought by Oklahoma against 11 Northwest Arkansas poultry companies regarding pollution of the Illinois River.

Illinois River Faces Flooding In Oklahoma Cherokee County Emergency Management said the river should fall below flood stage by the next day. Monday, June 24th 2019, 8:55 pm ...

The river’s watershed covers 1,657 square miles, with 758 in Benton, Washington and Crawford counties in Arkansas and 899 in northeast Oklahoma’s Adair, Cherokee, Delaware and Sequoyah counties.