Spring Trout Season To Return to Nichols Park on April 5
By Benjamin Cox on March 14, 2025 at 9:33am
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced yesterday that 2025 Illinois spring trout fishing season will open Saturday, April 5th across the state. The Illinois Catchable Trout Program receives funding support by those who use the program through the sale of inland trout stamps. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources stocks more than 80,000 rainbow […]
Jacksonville Lions Raise $500 from Mint Sales, Make Baskets for Local Families Fighting Childhood Cancer
By Benjamin Cox on March 14, 2025 at 9:30am
The Jacksonville Lions Club wrapped up February with a generous donation to a state charity in an effort to combat childhood cancer. During the month of February, the Lions pushed their ongoing mint sales in order to donate portions of the proceeds to Leaps of Love. The Highland, Illinois based charity provides support and resources […]
Local Fire and Ambulance Departments Receive OSFM Small Equipment Grants
By Benjamin Cox on March 14, 2025 at 9:07am
A number of area fire departments were recently named on a list for essential tool and equipment grants provided by the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal. The O-F-S-M announced yesterday the recipients of the 2024 Small Equipment Grant Program. A total of $4 million was awarded to 178 fire departments/districts and EMS providers […]
CPN IL Exclusive: Detailed Account of High-Speed Pursuit That Left Kansas Man Dead By the Side of the Road in rural Macoupin County in September
By Benjamin Cox on March 14, 2025 at 9:03am
This is a Capitol News Illinois Exclusive printed in full by their permission. Motorcycle shop burglary suspect died in the triple-digit pursuit. By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — When Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Pearce saw a white pickup spotted outside a motorcycle shop that had been burglarized earlier that night, he punched […]
Carrollton Woman Now Faces Charges In Two Counties For Exploitation
By Benjamin Cox on March 12, 2025 at 7:21am
A Carrollton woman now faces charges in two counties for financial exploitation as a caregiver. 45-year old Sarah R. Baumgartner of Carrollton was charged on Thursday in Jersey County Court with two counts of financial exploitation of an elderly/disabled person, one count of forgery, and two counts of unlawful possession of a credit or debit […]
Upcoming Construction Projects To Slow Traffic In the Region
By Benjamin Cox on March 12, 2025 at 6:03am
Commuters who use the Beardstown Bridge that carries U.S. 67 over the Illinois River will have lane closures and delays to deal with for the foreseeable future. The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that the Beardstown Bridge will have one lane closed on both sides starting Wednesday. A recent bridge inspection found the structure […]
Federal Grant Freeze Hits Jacksonville Municipal Building Generator Project
By Benjamin Cox on March 11, 2025 at 4:29pm
A public safety project for the City of Jacksonville has fallen under the hammer of the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency. Back in late June, Emergency Management Director Phil McCarty discussed updates to the municipal building’s generators. The city received a federal hazard mitigation grant to purchase a new generator, as the old one […]
House and Garage Burn in Early Morning Fire in Waverly
By Benjamin Cox on March 11, 2025 at 4:21pm
Multiple fire departments responded to a fully involved house fire early this morning in Waverly. Members of the Franklin and Waverly Fire Departments received an emergency dispatch shortly after 3AM of a house on fire at 373 West Temple Street. Waverly Fire Chief Jason Shumaker says that the earliest arriving units to the scene saved […]
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce Announce 2024 Agri-Industry Hall of Fame Inductees
By Benjamin Cox on March 11, 2025 at 4:09pm
The Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce held the 46th Annual Agri-Industry Banquet on March 6th at Hamilton’s in Jacksonville. Keith Bradbury emceed the event and shared thoughts on the past 200 years of agriculture. The Agri-Industry Hall of Fame award was also presented. The Hall of Fame was created in 1995 to honor individuals in […]
Missouri AG Wants DOGE to Investigate $5B Loan to Grain Belt Express
By Benjamin Cox on March 11, 2025 at 11:25am
The Missouri Attorney General is requesting the federal Department of Government Efficiency to investigate federal loans given to a clean energy transmission line that is expected through West Central Illinois. Muddy River News reports Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has sent a letter to DOGE and Elon Musk calling for an immediate investigation into the […]