Blues-Funk and Giving Back Round Out Second to Last Downtown Concert Tonight
By Jeremy Coumbes on July 26, 2024 at 2:09pm
Six down and only two to go. The sounds of blues funk will echo throughout downtown Jacksonville tonight as a staple of the Chicago music scene takes the stage. Maurice John Vaughn with the Freddie Dixon Band goes on at 7:00 tonight as the Jacksonville Main Street Summer Concert Series begins to wind down for […]
New High School Building Proposal Appears To Be Off the Table After Community Survey Results
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2024 at 1:05pm
A proposal for a brand new high school building for the Winchester School District appears to be off the table. Members of St. Louis-based marketing and research firm Creative Entourage Research presented the results of a community-wide survey conducted over the last two months to the Winchester School Board on Tuesday night. The survey received […]
Nichols Park Pool To Remain Closed For the Summer
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2024 at 12:40pm
The Nichols Park Pool will not open this summer. The Jacksonville City Council came to that quiet consensus Monday night after hearing from engineers from Benton & Associates and the Jacksonville Parks Department. Benton & Associates Chairman Reggie Benton told the Jacksonville City Council that a major malfunction with the pool’s older pump equipment and […]
Charges Filed, Details Released of Monday Morning Murder in Jacksonville
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2024 at 10:10am
Official charges and details have been released surrounding the murder of 33-year old Kathryn Scott in Jacksonville. Scott was found deceased in a van by police officers in the 200 block of West Beecher Avenue in the early morning hours on Monday. According to charging documents and a petition to detain filed Thursday in Morgan […]
Morgan Co. Commissioners Eager To Get On Kone’s List of Projects for Elevator Repairs
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2024 at 9:26am
The Morgan County Commissioners are eager to get a renovation project at the Morgan County Courthouse under way. The Commissioners officially awarded Kone-A the bid to renovate the courthouse elevator. The project was discussed two weeks ago. Commissioner Chair Mike Wankel says that recent events with the elevator have made the project an eminent need: […]
Henry’s Service Center Finds Temporary Home
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2024 at 9:19am
A local equipment dealer is attempting to return to business after a fire ravaged their building in mid-June. Henry’s Service Center representatives posted to the business’ Facebook Page on Tuesday to let customers know they are in operations at a new location. Henry’s has temporarily moved to the front of the old Production Press building […]
Jacksonville Speedway Hosting Wilhite Memorial Service Saturday, Looking Forward to August for Race Resumption
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2024 at 8:47am
The Jacksonville Speedway will be honoring a late friend of the track this weekend. 65-year old Ralph Wilhite was tragically killed in an accident at the Speedway on June 28th. Wilhite had a love for racing, and was a member of the race crews of Bobby Hawks and Paul Nienhiser for many years. In many […]
Merritt-Exeter, Lynnville Leaving South Jacksonville Water Service
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2024 at 8:35am
The Village of South Jacksonville’s water system will have a lighter load to bare once it returns to service. Village President Dick Samples told the Board of Trustees last night that the Scott-Morgan-Greene Water Co-Op recently reached out to him and have asked permission to supply the water for the Merritt-Exeter Water Co-Op and to […]
Jacksonville Lions Club Getting Ready For Annual School Supplies Drive at Wal-Mart
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2024 at 8:27am
Members of the Jacksonville Lions Club will once again be stationed at Wal-Mart starting in August to collect school supplies. School supplies will be collected for students of District 117 on the weekends of August 2nd & 3rd and August 9th & 10th from 10AM to 4PM each day. The supplies collected by Lions members […]
White Hall City Council Rescinds Vote on Ending Water Salesman Service
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2024 at 7:22am
The White Hall City Council recently rescinded a vote about discontinuing their bulk water salesman. On June 14th, the City of White Hall’s Facebook alerted the public that the water salesman, which provides bulk water service to mainly rural customers who do not have access to water lines or wells, would cease its operations on […]