Jax Kiwanis Gives $3-thousand Gift
By Gary Scott on August 4, 2026 at 9:58am
The Jacksonville Kiwanis Club made a donation over the weekend to a project that could benefit families faced with spina bifida surgery. The donation of $3-thousand was made during the Illinois-Eastern Iowa Kiwanis District Convention. The money will go to support the development of a fetal surgery training model. Kiwanis International is trying to raise […]
New United Way Campaign
By Gary Scott on August 4, 2026 at 6:53am
This year’s Prairieland United Way Campaign will open later this month with six local women serving as co chairpersons. The campaign kicks off August 20th with the theme of Friends United. The co-chair people include Jennisa Ezard, Brittany Henry, Jennifer Pool, Lisa Watson, Jeni Rajaguru, and Julie Finn. The goal this year is $500-thousand. A […]
National Night Out Here
By Gary Scott on August 4, 2026 at 6:50am
This is National Night Out, and at least Jacksonville and one other community in the area will participate. The event in Jacksonville will be at community park, and starts at 5:30. Crimestoppers Loren Hamilton says the event is intended to take the fear out of meeting officers and others in times of emergencies. Visitors will […]
Crimestoppers Most Wanted
By Gary Scott on August 3, 2026 at 10:49am
Two men are being sought through the Crimestoppers weekly most wanted program One is identified as 57-year-old Timothy Edge. Edge is a white male who is wanted for meth possession. He has a shaved head, weighs 140 pounds, and stands 5-4. Edge has hazel eyes and was last known to have lived in Virden. The […]
Data Center Frustration Boils Over
By Gary Scott on August 3, 2026 at 10:44am
Talk about data centers dominated the first part of the Morgan County board meeting this morning. The agenda items did not include any discussion about data centers. But, Lucy Phelps was among those frustrated with the lack of response from the board. Commissioners traditionally have not responded, in most instances to the comments. But, talks […]
Flock Cameras
By Gary Scott on August 1, 2026 at 10:08pm
Jacksonville police chief Doug Thompson says cameras with license plate readers in Jacksonville are looking only at the plates. The cameras are called flock cameras. Thompson says statements on social media and from a visitor to the Jacksonville city council meeting Monday night are trying to make a case that the cameras are taking motorists’ […]
Greenview man identified in fatal Menard County crash
By Benjamin Cox on August 1, 2026 at 5:12pm
A Greenview man has been identified as the victim of a fatal single-vehicle crash Friday morning in rural Menard County. According to the Menard County Sheriff’s Office, 911 dispatchers received a report of the crash shortly after 5 a.m. Friday near the intersection of Altig Bridge Avenue and Duncan Avenue. A sheriff’s deputy arrived before […]
State School Cell Phone Ban
By Gary Scott on July 31, 2026 at 6:59am
The cell phone ban in schools is now state law. Governor JB Pritzker signed the bill that establishes the statewide cell phone ban Tuesday. The Jacksonville school district 117 board of education, and other school boards in the area passed their own cell phone bans earlier this year. The law requires school districts to adopt […]
Antiques Stolen in Crimestoppers Crime Spotlight
By Gary Scott on July 31, 2026 at 6:12am
Crimestoppers is lending a helping hand to Jacksonville police in connection with a recent burglary investigation. The break in occurred earlier this week on Mathers Street. Police say it happened in the 10-hundred block of Mathers sometime between 5 PM Sunday and Tuesday evening. Police say a garage was broken into, and two antique irons […]
Sunday Record High Humiture?
By Gary Scott on July 30, 2026 at 11:25am
Illinois’ top climatologist says it’s hard to say Sunday’s temperatures coupled with humidity were at record high levels, but he says that doesn’t make them less dangerous. The combination of mid 90s readings, high humidity levels, and dew points exceeding 80 pushed the feels like readings in west central Illinois to above 120. Trent Ford […]
