Honor Flight Gets $12-thousand from Salute the Troops
By Benjamin Cox on September 8, 2026 at 10:34am
Members of The Morgan County Fair donated more than 12-thousand dollars to the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight last week. $12,100 was raised during the fair’s “Salute the Troops” Night at this year’s Morgan County Fair, held July 8th. WW2 Armor provided the World War Two-era tank and armored vehicle demonstration as part of the festivities. […]
Hardin Man gets 10 Years for Burglary
By Benjamin Cox on September 8, 2026 at 10:32am
A Hardin man has been sentenced to a decade in the Illinois Department of Corrections following his conviction on burglary and theft charges in Calhoun County. Fifty-seven-year-old Donald G. Dawson was found guilty by a Calhoun County jury on July 15th following a two-day trial before visiting Judge J. Frank McCartney. McCartney sentenced Dawson on […]
DOT Looking for Truck Drivers
By Benjamin Cox on September 8, 2026 at 9:31am
Dot Transportation is looking to hire truck drivers — and will hold a hiring event today in Mount Sterling. The affiliate trucking company of Dot Foods is looking to hire 30 drivers for its in-house driver training program. The hiring event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Dot Transportation headquarters, at […]
Dreams Winners
By Gary Scott on September 6, 2026 at 7:58pm
1 $100,000 Cash Monze Chapman 2 $40,000 Cash Leach Remmer Group 3 $10,000 Cash Keith Crossin 4 $1,000 Cash Mitchell Dawdy 5 $1,000 Cash Brian Nyberg 6 $1,000 Cash Brooke & Michael Williams 7 $1,000 Cash Micah & Carrie Rawe 8 $1,000 Cash Ryan Henry 9 $1,000 Cash Michael Dunseth 10 $1,000 Cash Jane Hadden […]
Two Drug Sentences in Greene Court
By Gary Scott on September 4, 2026 at 6:18pm
Two people are headed for prison after they were sentenced late last week on drug charges in Greene County Court. 59-year-old William Howell of Barry was given six years in prison for possession of meth. It’s a Class 3 felony. Howell admitted to the charge Friday, and was sentenced by Judge Zachary Schmidt. […]
Crimestoppers Most Wanted
By Gary Scott on September 4, 2026 at 6:16pm
Crimestoppers of Morgan-Cass and Scott Counties has identified two men for this week’s spotlight on wanted suspects. One of the two is 40-year-old Jeffrey Clark, a white male who was known to last live on Beesley in Jacksonville. Clark is wanted for meth possession and two traffic counts. He is bald with brown […]
Dreams Tickets Sold Out
By Gary Scott on September 4, 2026 at 10:40am
It’s another sell out for the Routt Our Saviour Dreams campaign. Forty Five hundred tickets went on sale this summer. The drawing will be held Sunday night at the end of the Family Fun Festival. Chairwoman Becky McClellan says ticket agents have been contacting past ticket buyers and others in an effort to sell out […]
Rural Motorcycle Bike Theft for Crimestoppers
By Gary Scott on September 4, 2026 at 9:51am
The Morgan County sheriff’s department is getting help from Crimestoppers in its investigation of the theft of motorcycles in rural Morgan County. The alleged theft occurred sometime at the end of August, between the 25th and 30th. Deputies say the unknown person or persons entered an unoccupied barn located on Rees Road in rural Franklin. […]
Jacksonville’s The Patio featured in Statewide Pork Tenderloin Crawl
By Benjamin Cox on September 3, 2026 at 9:59am
Jacksonville is one of 11 stops on a statewide pork tenderloin sandwich crawl happening through the end of November. The State Journal-Register reports The Patio in Jacksonville is participating in the Illinois Pork Tenderloin Crawl, organized by the Illinois Pork Producers Association. The crawl began Tuesday and runs through November 30th, giving diners a chance […]
Kim’s Place Being Featured
By Benjamin Cox on September 3, 2026 at 9:48am
Kim’s Place Cafe in Jacksonville is getting a national spotlight. The locally owned restaurant will be featured on America’s Best Restaurants as part of the company’s national ABR Roadshow. The ABR crew will be at Kim’s Place Cafe on September 15th from 9 a.m. until noon to film an episode highlighting some of the restaurant’s […]
