PUW Surpasses a third of the Goal
By Gary Scott on October 22, 2025 at 10:48am
The Prairieland United Way campaign is over a third of a way to its goal of $475-thousand. The kick off was held in August. Executive director Karen Walker says the campaign has gone well, and is right on pace She says it checks in at 35 percent, after a couple of employee groups reported. Walker […]
Jax Food Center now in the Szczepanski Building
By Gary Scott on October 22, 2025 at 6:08am
The ribbon was cut over the noon hour yesterday on the newest addition to the Jacksonville Food Center, made possible by a generous donation. Food Center director Melissa Hall says Nadine Szczepanski didn’t volunteer at the center, but knew the importance of the service provided there for those in need. Szczepanski died in February, and […]
Sanchez Arrested for Shots Fired
By Gary Scott on October 21, 2025 at 6:49am
A Cass County man was arrested Friday night in Beardstown by city police there after officers responded to a call of shots fired. The suspect, identified by Schuyler County authorities as 44-year-old Elias Sanchez of Beardstown, is being held at the Schuyler County Jail. Media reports indicate Cass County sheriff Devron Orhn responded to the […]
Jax Leaf Pick Up
By Gary Scott on October 21, 2025 at 6:47am
The Jacksonville streets department will begin picking up leaves in November. The process begins the first Monday of November. Residents are urged to bag their leaves for them to be picked up. Bags can be paper or plastic. And, all leaves must be in the bags. All bagged leaves must be curbside by 8 AM. […]
Year Added to Prison Sentence in Greene County Court
By Gary Scott on October 21, 2025 at 6:35am
A Christian County man saw a year added to his sentence in the state corrections department last Friday in Greene County court. Greene County state’s attorney Craig Grummel says 24-year-old Granite Stockon was given an additional year in prison for violating an order of protection by Judge Zachary Schmidt. Stockon is already in prison based […]
Heartland Bank & Trust buying CNB Bank & Trust
By Benjamin Cox on October 20, 2025 at 1:09pm
One Central Illinois banking group is buying another in a massive cash and stock trade. Crain’s Chicago Business reports that Heartland Bank & Trust is buying CNB Bank & Trust in a $170.2 million cash and stock deal. The deal will create a bank with 84 branch locations and about $6.9 billion in assets. CNB’s […]
IDHS warns of possible no November SNAP Food benefits; Federal Judiciary shuts down today
By Benjamin Cox on October 20, 2025 at 10:33am
Officials with the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) are warning families that receive SNAP Food benefits may not receive any benefits starting November 1 as the federal government shutdown reaches its third week. IDHS warned on its social media today that the Trump Administration has warned states that SNAP Food benefits won’t be coming […]
White Oaks Plaza sells to Kansas City, MO developer
By Benjamin Cox on October 20, 2025 at 8:23am
White Oaks Plaza…not the mall across the street…has been sold to a major Kansas City, Missouri developer and landlord in a massive property deal. The State Journal Register reports that the plaza, which sits across the road from White Oaks Mall off of Veterans Parkway in Springfield’s west end sold to U.S. company The R.H. […]
Lincoln May Get a Sidewalk With a 2027 Road Project
By Gary Scott on October 20, 2025 at 6:53am
Jacksonville may have new sidewalks to go with the new street on Lincoln in front of Jacksonville Middle School in a couple of years. Jacksonville will get $3 and a half million for the new street on Lincoln between Mound and Morton. Brian Borgman is with Hutchison Engineering. He convinced the Jacksonville city council last […]
One man cited and injured after three-vehicle crash at Main and Morton on Saturday afternoon
By Benjamin Cox on October 19, 2025 at 8:35am
Jacksonville Police cited one man after his car collided with another, sending the second car into the rear of a semi tractor-trailer. According to a Jacksonville Police report, officers and EMS were called to the heavily busy intersection at 2:20 p.m. after a caller reported a white car had driven recklessly causing a black SUV […]