Cottage Cheese recall
By Benjamin Cox on February 26, 2026 at 1:23pm
Saputo Cheese USA has issued a voluntary recall of select Great Value cottage cheese products due to a possible health risk. Some of those products are sold at Walmart. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports that some liquid dairy ingredients used in the items may not have been fully pasteurized to state regulatory standards. […]
Expecting Low Turnout in the Primary
By Benjamin Cox on February 26, 2026 at 11:15am
Primary voter turnout in Morgan County has remained below 30 percent in every election cycle since 2018, with Republican voters consistently making up the majority of primary participants. In 2018, turnout reached just under 29 percent of registered voters. For every 4 Republican ballots pulled, there was just one Democrat ballot pulled. Turnout dropped significantly […]
Everhart Grooming Trial on hold in Scott
By Benjamin Cox on February 26, 2026 at 6:42am
A man accused of grooming young children online and failing to register as a sex offender has now been found unfit for trial in Scott County. 25-year-old Brandon Everhart of Naples was previously charged by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office with two counts of grooming, both Class 4 felonies, and one count of failure to […]
Roodhouse Woman Serving Probation for Animal Death
By Benjamin Cox on February 26, 2026 at 6:40am
A Roodhouse woman will serve probation after pleading guilty in an animal cruelty case stemming from the death of a puppy last fall. Previous reports indicated Roodhouse police were contacted in late October about a dog in need of veterinary care for wounds to its jaw and eye area. Roodhouse Police Chief Kyle Robison said […]
Four Arrested For Cass Co Copper Thefts
By Harold Smith on February 25, 2026 at 9:59am
A lengthy investigation into multiple incidents of copper theft in Cass County has resulted in four arrests. In a Facebook post, Cass County Sheriff Devron Ohrn reported Monday that, after months of surveillance, gathering of data and coordination, four Beardstown residents have been arrested on multiple charges in connection with the copper thefts. Among those […]
Investigation Continues into Missing Auburn Woman
By Harold Smith on February 24, 2026 at 10:03am
The Sangamon County Sheriff is asking for your help in the investigation into the disappearance of an Auburn woman nearly 40 years ago. Officials with the Sheriff’s Department say that on June 28, 1987, then-22 year old Brenda Bottoms walked with a female acquaintance from her residence in Auburn to a local tavern. As they […]
Grayson Goes to Prison in Undisclosed Location
By Harold Smith on February 24, 2026 at 9:53am
The former sheriff’s deputy who was convicted of second degree murder last year has begun serving his prison sentence. 31 year old Sean Grayson was a Sangamon County Deputy when he responded to a call that resulted in the shooting death of Sonya Massey in July of 2024. Grayson was found guilty of the shooting […]
Pritzker Budget Impact on Jax
By Gary Scott on February 24, 2026 at 6:27am
The Jacksonville city council learned last night from the mayor’s office that the good state of Illinois giveth, as well was taketh away. Jacksonville mayor Andy Ezard told the council during the workshop session Governor JB Pritzker put money in the surplus to success program. This program was introduced in the city last year, and […]
Morgan County OKs Zimmer Solar Field
By Gary Scott on February 23, 2026 at 11:00am
The Morgan County board approved an application for the siting of a solar field north of Jacksonville, but not without a dissenting vote. Commissioner Michael Woods voted against the plan from Zimmer Solar. Woods says it was largely a symbolic vote. He knows the state has given little voice to counties in this siting process. […]
Beardstown man arrested for standoff in October sentenced
By Benjamin Cox on February 23, 2026 at 10:39am
A Beardstown man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced following an hours-long armed standoff this past Fall. According to the Cass County Sheriff’s Department, officers with the Beardstown Police Department and the Cass County Sheriff’s office were dispatched to a home in the 200 block of Adams Street in Beardstown shortly after 8 p.m. on […]
