Winchester Gym Coming Down this Week
By Gary Scott on July 6, 2026 at 10:04am
The Winchester Grade School gymnasium will come down this week. Crews are at the school today, ready to drop the building. A sagging ceiling spotted during the Winchester Invitational Tournament in January prompted district officials to move the tournament and find out why the ceiling was dropping. The support braces that extend from the gym […]
Point 5 K in September
By Gary Scott on July 6, 2026 at 9:50am
The Jacksonville Kiwanis Club is gearing up for an annual event that has now been moved to the fall. The Kiwanis club 15th annual point-5-K run/walk is set for Saturday, September 12th. One of the two co-chairs is Alison Yording. Yording and Marcy Patterson are leading the event. Yording says the walk will step off […]
Robinson Headed to Prison?
By Benjamin Cox on July 6, 2026 at 9:46am
A Jacksonville man facing federal drug trafficking charges has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Springfield. Twenty-nine-year-old Christopher Robinson entered a guilty plea Tuesday to Count One of a federal indictment during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless. The guilty plea stems from a federal indictment returned in June 2024 following a […]
Two Most Wanted
By Gary Scott on July 3, 2026 at 10:37am
Two out of town men are being sought by police in this week’s profile by Morgan Scott Cass Crimstoppers. One of the two is identified as 32-year-old Darian Moore. He is wanted for meth possession, and two traffic charges. Moore is a black man, standing 5-10, and weighing 165 pounds. He has brown hair and […]
June Weather
By Gary Scott on July 2, 2026 at 9:57pm
A lot of rain, and a little heat are the two weather highlights from last month. The rainfall total for the month was 9 and 16-hundredths inches. That’s over twice the normal rainfall for June. The normal rainfall is just a tick under 4 and 6 tenths inches. Rain fell in 13 of the 30 […]
Rabbi Rob Projects
By Gary Scott on July 2, 2026 at 6:59am
A local entrepreneur says work downtown is about to hit a new phase. Rabbi Rob Thomas has projects on the north side of the square in the A and A building, and the south side of the square. Thomas says his crews are finishing phase one now. He says the elevator is in place in […]
Burglar Gets 9
By Gary Scott on July 1, 2026 at 12:58pm
A local man with a lengthy history of break ins in Jacksonville is headed to prison. 30-year-old Miles Pelewski, listed as homeless, was sentenced to 9 years in the department of corrections by Judge Chris Reif. Court records actually indicate he received three different sentences…two 8 year terms and one 9 year term. But the […]
Crowe in Court
By Gary Scott on July 1, 2026 at 12:55pm
A retired Jacksonville school superintendent pleaded not guilty to a child porn possession charge in Morgan County court yesterday. 88-year-old Robert Crowe of Justin Drive remains free on bond, after his initial arrest in April by state police for separate counts of dissemination and possession of child sexual abuse material. Crowe has been formally charged […]
Blood Need Crucial Again in the Summer
By Gary Scott on July 1, 2026 at 6:51am
It’s summer, and blood supplies are running low. It’s almost an annual event for ImpactLife. The group provides blood to hospitals like Jacksonville Memorial Hospital and others in this part of the state. Kirby Winn is public relations manager for ImpactLife. He says the former blood center organization sees this happening each year at this […]
Kessinger Headed to Prison for Drugs
By Gary Scott on June 30, 2026 at 4:48pm
A Greene County man is headed to prison on drug charges. 38-year-old Daniel Kessinger of White Hall was sentenced to 4 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections by Judge Zachary Schmidt Monday. He admitted to multiple felony meth offenses in Greene County. Greene County state’s attorney Craig Grummel says the sentence resolves three separate […]
