Speakers Corner
By Gary Scott on October 5, 2026 at 11:41am
A new addition in downtown Jacksonville makes its debut tomorrow. It’s not a building or a new business. It is the speakers’ corner. It’s an idea from retired Jacksonville High School English teacher Patrick Kennedy. He has selected the northeast corner of the Jacksonville Square on the inner circle to launch the program today. Kennedy […]
Data Center Public MTG
By Gary Scott on October 5, 2026 at 11:38am
A local group working against data centers will hold a meeting Thursday afternoon at a downtown restaurant. Jacksonville Indivisible will hold what the group is calling a happy hour community conversation at Mulligans on the west side of the square. The session will run from 4:30 to 6:30. People are invited to come in and […]
Walking Program to Resume
By Gary Scott on October 5, 2026 at 11:36am
Walking for Wellness returns to the JHS Bowl next week. The free indoor walking program will resume a week from tomorrow, due to Monday being the observance of Columbus Day. The Bowl will be open 7 AM to 1 PM ever day Jacksonville school district 117 is in session. The program will be closed during […]
Diamond Closed
By Gary Scott on October 5, 2026 at 11:33am
A portion of Diamond is closed until further notice starting today. Crews continue to work on the sewer main at Diamond and Michigan. Diamond is closed between Michigan and Greenwood to all traffic. Local traffic for Pendick and Southville will need to use Church Street for access. Detour for westbound traffic on Michigan will be […]
Free Mammograms at JMH
By Gary Scott on October 5, 2026 at 9:57am
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital is offering free breast cancer screenings this month. The screenings are for women 40 and older who are uninsured or underinsured. The free screenings are part of the hospital’s annual mammogram Mondays program, held during breast cancer awareness month. Appointments are required and no walk ins are available. Education materials are made […]
Crime of the Week
By Gary Scott on October 3, 2026 at 6:14pm
Crimestoppers of Morgan-Scott-Cass Counties is looking for help from the public in an overnight burglary on Sandusky Road. The alleged incident occurred sometime in the overnight hours of last Monday. Authorities say a maintenance shed was broken into in the 12-hundred block of Sandusky. A Red Toro 54 inch zero turn mower was taken. Police […]
Jackson Gets 13 Years for Meth
By Benjamin Cox on October 2, 2026 at 11:20am
A Jacksonville man has been sentenced to over a decade in federal prison on drug trafficking charges. Marquise Jackson, 35, was sentenced to 13 years in the federal bureau of prisons, 5 years of mandatory supervised release, and ordered to pay a $200 special assessment. Jackson pleaded guilty to 2 counts of trafficking more than 50 […]
Child Sex 12 Year Sentence
By Benjamin Cox on October 2, 2026 at 11:19am
A Jacksonville man arrested in December after a six-month child sex abuse material investigation has been sentenced to over a decade in federal prison. Daniel Brannan, 48, of Jacksonville was sentenced to 12 years in the federal bureau of prisons, 10 years of mandatory supervised release and ordered to pay $300 for a special assessment […]
Most Wanted
By Gary Scott on October 2, 2026 at 11:12am
A local man and a woman are highlighted this week by Morgan-Cass-Scott Crimestoppers as most wanted. One of the suspects is 42-year-old Ashton Haley. He is wanted for burglary, theft and meth possession. Haley is a black male who stands 5-8 and weighs 183 pounds. He has black brush cut hair and brown eyes. He […]
Staunton Man Gets 22 years for Child Porn
By Gary Scott on September 29, 2026 at 1:11pm
A Macoupin County man has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term after admitting to possessing child sexual abuse material. 36-year-old Stephen Hokhold of Staunton was sentenced to 22 years in prison, after pleading guilty in June to five Class 2 felony counts of child pornography involving victims under 13. Investigators from the Illinois attorney […]
