Garrison Students Get Finance Experience With Reality Fair
By Benjamin Cox on November 6, 2023 at 12:08pm
Garrison Middle School and High School students got a taste of real world finances on Thursday. The school held its annual reality fair yesterday. The fair gets various support from members of the Four Rivers Special Education District as well as help from businesses and organizations in Jacksonville and South Jacksonville. Megan Graves, who organizes […]
Menard County Manhunt on Friday Ends Peacefully
By Benjamin Cox on November 6, 2023 at 11:50am
The Menard County Sheriff’s Office and Athens Police went on an hour-long manhunt Friday night after a federal prisoner escaped custody. Shortly after 9PM, the Menard County Sheriff’s Office and Athens Police notified the public that a male suspect in Greenview who was on federal probation had cut off their ankle monitor and had gone […]
Exhumations Now A Part of Heinz Funeral Home Handling of Cremains Investigation
By Benjamin Cox on November 6, 2023 at 11:20am
The investigation into the mishandling cremains at Heinz Funeral Home continues to widen. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon told WCIA on Thursday that the investigation into Heinz Funeral Home and Family Care Cremations is now a month old and involves more than 60 families from all across the country. Allmon says his office is still […]
New Berlin Woman Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash on Old Route 54
By Benjamin Cox on November 5, 2023 at 2:48pm
A 36-year-old New Berlin woman died as a result of a single-vehicle rollover crash in rural New Berlin on Friday morning. The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office, Illinois State Police, and EMS services were dispatched about 10:30AM Friday to old U.S. Route 54 at Patton School Road, just east of New Berlin for a single-vehicle crash. […]
No One Injured, One Pet Perishes in Mobile Home Fire Friday Night
By Jeremy Coumbes on November 4, 2023 at 7:00am
No one was injured when fire broke out in a mobile home on Jacksonville’s east side Friday night. The Jacksonville and South Jacksonville Fire Departments responded to the call of fire in a mobile home at 178 Rolling Acres Mobile Estates at approximately 8:30 p.m. According to officials on scene, the fire was blowing out […]
Netflix’s Bake Squad Star Broussard To Kick Off IL Libraries Present Series at Jacksonville Public Library
By Benjamin Cox on November 4, 2023 at 6:09am
The Jacksonville Public Library is joining with 200 other Illinois libraries in welcoming a best-selling author and Netflix star next week via Zoom. Season 3 of the Illinois Libraries Present collaborative kicks off on Wednesday, November 8th at 7PM with Netflix’s Bake Squad star Maya-Camille Broussard. Adult Services Librarian Ali Jones says she’s very excited […]
White Hall Getting Lower Natural Gas Rates
By Benjamin Cox on November 4, 2023 at 5:58am
Another Greene County community is taking advantage of a recent decision made by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on natural gas rates. The City of White Hall Clerk’s Office issued a notice today saying that they have received an order from FERC which will provide lower transportation rates charged by Panhandle Eastern Pipeline to the […]
Midwest Youth Services Cupcake Fundraiser A Kickoff To Building Expansion Initiative
By Benjamin Cox on November 3, 2023 at 2:56pm
Midwest Youth Services is currently observing National Runaway Prevention Month this month, starting with a sweet fundraiser. Cupcakes For a Cause orders ran through Friday of last week. Youth Program Supervisor Kayla Reno says that the staff at Midwest Youth Services will deliver the ordered cupcakes on the week of November 13th. Reno says that […]
Operation Christmas Child Seeking Shoe Boxes of Gifts for International Children
By Benjamin Cox on November 3, 2023 at 2:41pm
More than 4,500 drop off locations to collect shoe boxes full of Christmas gifts for children overseas will open in just a few weeks. The 30th annual Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child will open its National Collection Week in the area to run from November 13th – 20th. Karla DeVries of Pittsfield says that efforts […]
Cellphone Tower Easements To Be Voted On by South Jacksonville Board At Special Meeting
By Benjamin Cox on November 3, 2023 at 2:25pm
Utility easements are the last piece to be worked out between the Village of South Jacksonville’s Board of Trustees and AT&T to get a new cellphone tower constructed in the village. The Village of South Jacksonville administration issued a building permit for AT&T to build the tower at 317 West Vandalia on October 4th. MasTec […]