Solar Farm Proposed For Southeast of White Hall
By Benjamin Cox on September 11, 2023 at 8:09pm
The City of White Hall may soon be benefiting from the construction of a large solar farm. A 40-megawatt solar farm has been proposed to encompass 280 acres southeast of the city by Azimuth Renewables, a St. Louis, Missouri based company. According to the Greene Prairie Press, the solar farm is expected to go up […]
St. John’s Begins Campaign To Build Addition to School
By Benjamin Cox on September 11, 2023 at 8:07pm
A local private Catholic school is getting set to expand its facilities. St. John’s in Carrollton has drawn up plans to update and expand its facilities, originally built in 1967. The Greene Prairie Press reports that the school has a mock up of a two-phase plan to modernize and expand the existing school building. St. […]
More Information Released On Fatal Virginia House Fire
By Benjamin Cox on September 11, 2023 at 5:10pm
More information has been released about a deadly fire that killed a mother and her son in Virginia last week. Cass County Sheriff Devron Ohrn, who also doubles as the county’s coroner, told the State Journal Register today that 56-year old Denise S. Lawson and her son 38-year old Randy D. Lawson were found deceased […]
Western IL Correctional Center Officers Honored for Saving Life of Fellow Officer
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 11, 2023 at 12:11pm
Four officers from the Western Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling were recently honored for helping to save the life of one of their own. The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Live Saving Award was presented to Correctional Officers Casey Brunnen and Johnathon Richmiller, and Correctional Sergeants Drake Schild and Keenan Smith for their actions in […]
JPD Investigating Weekend Vehicle Theft
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 11, 2023 at 9:11am
Jacksonville Police are continuing to investigate after responding to a report of a stolen vehicle over the weekend. Police were called to the 800 block of East State Street at 8:00 Saturday night after a complainant told dispatchers that his truck was missing. According to police reports, the truck was recovered sometime later. The incident […]
Driver Sustaines Minor Injuries in Sunday Grain Truck Fire
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 11, 2023 at 8:57am
Fire Department Crews from Woodson and Murrayville responded to a call for the sound of an explosion and a fire near a Woodson grain storage facility Sunday. At approximately 12:15 p.m. Sunday, crews responded to the 400 block of East Main Street. Woodson Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Dave Jensen says the incident involved a […]
Two Die in Thursday Night Residential Fire in Virginia
By Benjamin Cox on September 9, 2023 at 7:58pm
Two people were killed as a result of a house fire in the City of Virginia last week. According to a press release from the Cass County Sheriff’s Department, on Thursday, September 7th just before 11 o’clock at night, the Virginia Fire Department with mutual aid from the Beardstown, Ashland, and Chandlerville Fire Departments along […]
Triopia Breaks Ground on New Elementary School Addition
By Benjamin Cox on September 9, 2023 at 8:32am
Triopia School District broke ground last Friday on a new addition to the front of their Elementary School. Superintendent Adam Dean says that the project has been a few years in the making to make the school safer and more spacious: “We are adding a secure entrance and administrative office space to the front of […]
Village President, Attorney To Sit In on Conference Call with AT&T on Easement Paperwork for New Cell Tower
By Benjamin Cox on September 9, 2023 at 7:56am
The Village of South Jacksonville says that AT&T may be confused about easements when it comes to erecting a new cellphone tower just off of West Vandalia. The village approved zoning for the new tower to be built earlier this summer. AT&T and Illinois Power have sent the village paperwork over proposed easements to the […]
HSHS Sr. VP/CFO Leaves Thursday Under Unknown Circumstance Amid Fall Out of Cyberattack
By Benjamin Cox on September 9, 2023 at 7:46am
An area hospital system has lost a top executive as it continues to deal with a cybersecurity attack and system-wide outage. The State Journal Register reports that Kimberly Hodgkinson, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Hospital Sisters Health System left the Springfield-based healthcare company effective yesterday. The State Journal Register says that officials […]