Lonergan Announces Candidacy For Morgan County Commissioners
By Benjamin Cox on October 13, 2023 at 5:40am
A long-time Jacksonville School District 117 Board of Education member has announced his candidacy for the Morgan County Commissioners. Mike Lonergan of South Jacksonville will be seeking the Republican nomination in 2024. Lonergan attended Murrayville grade schools and Routt High School before completing college at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas and later at Illinois College. […]
Griggsville-Perry High to Hold Vigil Tonight After 17-Year-Old Student Killed in Crash
By Jeremy Coumbes on October 12, 2023 at 3:28pm
An area high school is mourning the loss of one of its own today. In an update this afternoon, Griggsville-Perry School District Superintendent, Jeff Abell confirmed that one of the students involved in the single-vehicle crash has passed away. According to a preliminary report by Illinois State Police Troop 6 officials this morning, officers responded […]
JPD Seeking Info on Theft from Vehicle
By Jeremy Coumbes on October 12, 2023 at 3:03pm
Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Scott & Cass Counties are requesting information to assist the Jacksonville Police Department in their investigation of a recent theft. Sometime between 7:10 pm on Monday, October 2nd, and 5:00 am on Tuesday, October 3rd, unknown persons(s) entered a parked vehicle in the 700 block of North Prairie Street. Upon entry, […]
Council Approves Liquor Sales for Grocery Stores in Close Vote
By Jeremy Coumbes on October 12, 2023 at 10:52am
A spirited discussion lasting nearly an hour was held in the Jacksonville City Council chambers Monday night over the possible expansion of certain liquor licenses. The council heard a second reading of a proposed amendment to the liquor code which if approved would allow grocery stores to sell hard liquor. The proposal was from a […]
Auburn Police Continue to Gather Information on Animal Hoarding Case
By Benjamin Cox on October 12, 2023 at 9:25am
Auburn Police say they are still investigating and pursuing criminal charges in a dog hoarding case from last weekend. Sangamon County Animal Control seized 39 Carolina dogs, a cat, and an iguana from a home in Auburn on the evening of Sunday, October 1st. The dogs were reported to be mostly in cages in the […]
Trial Remains Set for November Against Former Brown Co. Deputy Accused of Beating Pregnant Girlfriend
By Benjamin Cox on October 12, 2023 at 9:02am
A former Brown County Deputy accused of beating and attempting to strangle his live-in girlfriend in January is set for trial next month. 31-year-old Cody Shaffer appeared in Adams County Circuit Court on Tuesday morning for a status hearing in the case. According to WGEM in Quincy, Shaffer’s attorney, Andrew Schnack, argued in court that […]
Candlelight Vigil Set For Saturday For Missing Carrollton Woman
By Benjamin Cox on October 12, 2023 at 8:57am
A candlelight vigil has been scheduled for a Greene County woman who has been missing for more than 3 months. 39-year old Amy Baumgartner Faltin was reported missing to the Greene County Sheriff’s Department on July 12th. Faltin had been living in a home east of Carrollton and simply vanished. According to the Greene Prairie […]
Bluffs Water Storage Tank Completed
By Benjamin Cox on October 12, 2023 at 5:48am
The Village of Bluffs recently completed a key piece of utility infrastructure. The Scott County Times reports that the village recently completed a new 150,000-gallon water storage tank. The construction of the tank was funded by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s low-interest water infrastructure loan program. Work on the water tower began almost a year […]
Navigator Pulls Heartland Greenway Permit Application Again
By Benjamin Cox on October 12, 2023 at 5:44am
Navigator CO2 has announced they are once again withdrawing their permit application to build the Heartland Greenway project. The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the company was pulling its application from consideration before the Illinois Commerce Commission and putting all its permit applications on hold. The decision comes after South Dakota regulators last month denied a […]
Greenfield Boil Order Lifted
By Jeremy Coumbes on October 11, 2023 at 5:17pm
The Greenfield City Clerk’s Office has announced that the boil order that was announced on Monday, for residents in Greenfield, on Prairie Street from Cedar to Cherry including Railroad Street, has been lifted.