Greene County Days Kicks Off Friday
By Benjamin Cox on September 7, 2023 at 6:01pm
The annual celebration of all things Greene County is coming up this weekend. Greene County Days kicks off with a host of events on Friday. In Carrollton, more than 40 vendors will be around the courthouse lawn. There will also be a host of food vendors. Food and various wares will be on sale all […]
Multiple Sentences in Pike County Court on Tuesday
By Benjamin Cox on September 7, 2023 at 5:50pm
Pike County Circuit Court had a busy day on Tuesday. A Barry man arrested on two separate occasions last year for failing to register as a sex offender has been sentenced to conditional discharge. 50-year old Terrell W. Bell pleaded guilty to two counts of failure to register as a sex offender back on May […]
Hy-Vee Buys Jacksonville County Market Location
By Benjamin Cox on September 7, 2023 at 5:44pm
Hy-Vee is coming to Jacksonville. The Journal Courier reports that Hy-Vee has bought the County Market on West Morton Avenue. Tina Potthoff, senior vice president of communications for Hy-Vee, told the Journal-Courier that the sale was revealed to employees yesterday. No specifics about the deal have been released. Tom Harmon, who privately owns the County […]
Menard Co. Sheriff’s Office Warns of Suspect Vehicle With False Emergency Lights
By Benjamin Cox on September 7, 2023 at 5:43pm
The Menard County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that someone may be using police lights to falsely pull people over. According to a post on the Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page, on Wednesday at approximately 8:50pm, deputies received a report of a suspicious vehicle operating blue and red lights on Ingram Avenue near Athens Blacktop Road. A […]
Square Payment System Hit With Nationwide Outage
By Benjamin Cox on September 7, 2023 at 5:41pm
The Square payment system that many downtown merchants use is down at this hour. The system outage is national and widespread according to national reports. The outage has been confirmed by the payment platform’s website. “Our engineers are all actively working on a fix to address this disruptions and have now received confirmation that Balance […]
Scott County Nursing Center On Brink of Closure
By Benjamin Cox on September 7, 2023 at 12:08pm
The Scott County Nursing Center is nearing the possibility of closure. The 49-bed non-profit facility located in Winchester has been county-owned since 1971. Scott County Commissioner John Simmons says that multiple factors are causing the long-term care nursing home to be in jeopardy: “Ever since Covid, they’ve not been able to fill the beds in […]
Foundation Tribute Garden Brick Dedication Ceremony Set for Sunday
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 7, 2023 at 11:14am
The Jacksonville Memorial Foundation is again hosting an annual tribute this weekend. The annual Tribute Garden brick dedication ceremony will be held this Sunday, September 10th at the Tribute Garden located inside Jacksonville Memorial Hospital. According to the announcement, the installation of more than 700 engraved bricks was the last piece in a multi-year restoration […]
Crime Stoppers Seeking Tips on Labor Day Hit & Run
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 7, 2023 at 10:59am
Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Scott & Cass Counties are requesting information to assist the Jacksonville Police Department in their investigation of a recent hit-and-run accident on the city’s north side. At approximately 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, September 3rd, a vehicle left the roadway and struck a power pole in the 200 block of North Prairie […]
Jacksonville Man Arrested After Being Sentenced to Prison Tuesday
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 6, 2023 at 10:03am
A Jacksonville man was arrested by police after he was sentenced to serve prison time in Morgan County Court yesterday. 31-year-old Jordan C. Branch of the 1000 block of South Clay Street was charged with two Class 2 Felony counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance stemming from an arrest in July of last […]
Fire Hits Family Home on East Independence Overnight
By Benjamin Cox on September 6, 2023 at 9:56am
No one was injured in a late night structure fire Tuesday night on Jacksonville’s northeast side. The Jacksonville Fire Department received a report of a structure fire at 918 East Independence Avenue just before midnight. Upon arrival, firefighters found a single-story ranch house full involved on the east side, blowing out of the front living […]