Data Centers on Hold?
By Gary Scott on June 5, 2026 at 12:42pm
The public outcry against data centers has prompted Governor JB Pritzker to put a hold on tax incentives for new data centers. Governor Pritzker ordered the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to pause processing agreements for the data center investment program starting July 1st. He is also calling on the general assembly to […]
Benson Headed to Prison from Greene County
By Gary Scott on June 5, 2026 at 10:20am
Failure to follow probation orders has landed a Carrollton woman in prison. 50-year-old Lora Benson was given 7 years in prison for meth delivery, and five years for a look alike substance conviction by Judge Zachary Schmidt yesterday in Greene County Court. Greene County state’s attorney Craig Grummel says Benson pleaded guilty in late April […]
Breckon Gets Probation and Fine for Sex Conviction
By Gary Scott on June 5, 2026 at 10:19am
A Carrollton man was fined and placed on probation on a felony sex charge late last month in Greene County court. 50-year-old Ryan Breckon pleaded guilty to a charge related to the alleged molestation of a teen girl at his home over 4 years ago. The case was delayed while the victim, not Breckon, finished […]
Roodhouse Woman Killed in Springfield Accident
By Gary Scott on June 4, 2026 at 6:57pm
A Greene County woman was killed in a two vehicle accident in Springfield this afternoon at South 7th and East Laurel Drive. Sangamon County coroner Jim Allmon says the 69-year-old woman from Roodhouse was pronounced dead at HSHS St John’s about 2:45 in the emergency room shortly after she arrived. The identity is […]
Device Found Harmless near Jax Railroad Tracks
By Gary Scott on June 4, 2026 at 6:55pm
A suspicious device turned out to be a component on the railroad tracks at the North Westgate overpass about 3:30 this afternoon. Jacksonville police responded after it was originally called in a suspicious device on the tracks. The area was temporarily shut down, and evacuated until railroad officials were called. It was […]
Kiwanis Braggin Rights BBQ
By Gary Scott on June 4, 2026 at 9:54am
The Jacksonville Kiwanis BBQ Braggin’ Rights will be held this weekend at the Morgan County fairgrounds. The annual event is one of the top fundraisers for the club. All the proceeds go to Kiwanis charities with children in mind. One of the chairpersons for the event, Krystal Bradley says the cooking is done Friday night […]
South Jax May Buy Fire Truck
By Gary Scott on June 3, 2026 at 7:57pm
The South Jacksonville board will be asked to buy a ladder truck for the fire department tonight. The board will consider the purchase for $200-thousand. It is the 2002 Pierce 100 foot ladder truck declared surplus by the Jacksonville city council Monday night. The city recently took delivery of a new aerial fire truck, that […]
North Main Fire-Updated
By Gary Scott on June 3, 2026 at 11:56am
A homeless man was arrested in connection with a fire that destroyed a house on North Main yesterday morning. Firemen responded to the fire at 731 North Main. The house is owned by Morgan County Housing Authority. The house is abandoned, and there are plans to raze it and replace it with apartments for the […]
Homefield Energy Summer rates higher than Ameren, but in the long term????
By Gary Scott on June 2, 2026 at 10:05am
The Jacksonville city clerk’s office says Ameren has announced a summer electricity supply rate lower than what some in Jacksonville signed onto through the city’s electrical aggregation program. The rate through Ameren is a little more than 11-cents per kilowatt hours, lower than the city’s Homefield Energy rate of just over 13-cents. City clerk Angela […]
New downtown Mural
By Gary Scott on June 2, 2026 at 10:02am
Jacksonville Main Street director Judy Tighe says downtown’s newest mural is being prepared off site. Main Street has hired Carl Scott Lindley to paint an underground railroad mural that will be on the wall on West Street across from the Morgan Courthouse. Tighe says Lindley has made remarkable progress. She says he is more than […]
