Four People Injured in Two-Vehicle Collision on IL Rte 104
By Benjamin Cox on September 30, 2023 at 6:34am
One person was cited after a two-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 104 last night. A two-vehicle crash was reported just after 8:30PM on Illinois Route 104 and West Lafayette Avenue in Jacksonville. According to a police report, a vehicle driven by 73-year old Ann Hoard-Silverio of the 1400 block of Mound Avenue was traveling southbound […]
Ashland Man Apprehended By U.S. Marshals in Kansas After Raid That Revealed Cache of Drugs, Guns, and Bombs
By Benjamin Cox on September 29, 2023 at 8:04pm
The U.S. Marshals have apprehended a Cass County man on the run after his home was raided earlier this month after the execution of a search warrant revealed drugs, guns, and incendiary devices in the home. Cass County Sheriff Devron Ohrn says that 35-year old Geoffrey M. Atterberry was located by the Marshals in Kansas […]
Kissick Using Miss Illinois United States Platform to Push For Financial Literacy Education
By Benjamin Cox on September 29, 2023 at 7:58pm
Illinois’ candidate for Miss United States is on a mission to help high school students understand finances. 23-year old Aaliyah Kissick of Athens is bringing her passion of financial literacy to the forefront while she completes her bachelor’s degree in agricultural and consumer economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign all the while being a […]
‘Grease Bandits’ Hit Jacksonville Area Restaurants
By Benjamin Cox on September 29, 2023 at 7:52pm
Jacksonville restaurants were recently hit by a new kind of criminal – grease bandits. The Jacksonville Journal Courier reports that at least two Jacksonville area restaurants have been struck by used grease thefts in the past month: My Buddy’s BBQ and The Burgerboard. My Buddy’s BBQ and Catering owner Buddy Fore says this was a […]
Trout Season Coming to the Area in October
By Benjamin Cox on September 29, 2023 at 7:36pm
The Jacksonville Parks and Lakes Department is announcing that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will be stocking trout at Morgan Lake in Nichols Park next month. The fall trout season will open up on Saturday October 21st. The trout will be released in the middle section of Morgan Lake at Nichols Park, east of […]
Chandlerville Native to Kick Off 61st Season of Jacksonville Symphony
By Benjamin Cox on September 29, 2023 at 7:34pm
The 61st Season of the Jacksonville Symphony kicks off this weekend with the return of an acclaimed soprano. Chandlerville native Mathilda Edge returns. The 2009 Talent Among Us winner and Illinois College alumnus will entertain with a variety of works on Saturday at Rammelkamp Chapel at 7:30. Symphony Conductor Garrett Allman says the acclaimed singer […]
3rd Annual Happy Day 5K This Saturday
By Benjamin Cox on September 29, 2023 at 7:19pm
Spreading kindness through a 5K – that’s the theme this Saturday at Nichols Park. The 3rd annual Hannah Mansell Happy Day Memorial 5K Run/Walk will be held this Saturday. Kathy Mansell, Hannah’s mother, says that Hannah’s father Ken came up with the idea to do the run in support of a foundation set up in […]
Carlinville Funeral Home Accused of Providing Wrong Cremation Remains to Multiple Clients, Decomposing Remains Found on Site
By Benjamin Cox on September 29, 2023 at 7:18pm
The Sangamon County Coroner and the Sangamon County Sheriff have opened an investigation into the practices of Heinz Funeral Home and Family Care Cremations in Carlinville. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon says that the investigation came after a phone call from a Springfield hospital on Monday said a body of a decedent had not been […]
Jacksonville Man Sentenced to Probation, Stayed Jail Time for Failing to Report Fatal 2021 Crash
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 29, 2023 at 2:47pm
A two-year-old case where a Jacksonville man was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash concluded this morning in Morgan County Circuit Court. 32-year-old Edward E. Baldwin III of the 600 block of South East Street pleaded guilty to an amended Class A misdemeanor charge of failure to report an accident, which was […]
City Ambulance Commission Looking for Answers to Ongoing Lack of EMS Services
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 29, 2023 at 1:44pm
More questions than answers face Jacksonville and Morgan County leaders when it comes to having adequate emergency service response in the area. The Municipal Ambulance Commission met Thursday morning to discuss the increasing lack of available ambulances able to respond to emergencies in the area. Representatives from the Morgan County Health Department, Jacksonville Fire Department, […]