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 […]
More Bangs on the 4th
By Gary Scott on June 1, 2026 at 11:27am
Jacksonville could have a bigger bang for its bucks this Fourth of July. Jacksonville mayor Andy Ezard announced at Monday night’s meeting the bicentennial committee has returned money to the city for the 4th of July fireworks. Ezard says the money will be put to good use. He plans to put the extra money toward […]
South Main Closes
By Gary Scott on May 31, 2026 at 7:25am
South Main Street will be closed for an extended period starting tomorrow. South Main will be closed from Beecher Avenue to Capps Avenue. The reason, work crews will begin working on the South Main Bridge replacement project. The project will include improvements to the bridge approaches. The work will be done by KE Vas, and […]
Hoots Road bridge Closes
By Gary Scott on May 31, 2026 at 7:23am
A bridge replacement project over I 72 begins tomorrow in Scott County. The Hoots Road bridge will be rebuilt over I-72 between the old route 36-72 interchange, and the Illinois 100/I-72 interchange northwest of Winchester. The project will require the closure of the bridge for the duration of the project. There will be lane closures […]
Two Wanted on Drug Charges
By Gary Scott on May 29, 2026 at 1:34pm
Two people wanted on drug charges are in the spotlight in this week’s Crimestoppers most wanted post for Morgan, Scott and Cass counties. One of the suspects is identified as 40-year-old Kyle Hunnicutt, who is reported to have last lived on Sheffield Lane in Jacksonville. Hunnicutt is wanted for meth possession. Hunnicutt is a white […]
Biker Sought by ISP
By Gary Scott on May 29, 2026 at 1:22pm
State police are asking for the public’s help in locating the person response for driving his motorcycle at a high speed in Sangamon and Cass counties. Troopers say the bike is a black Kawasaki ZX-6R with no registration plate. The driver is described as a white male, with a white or light gray helmet, wearing […]
