Honor Flight Golf Scramble At Plum Creek This Weekend
By Benjamin Cox on July 27, 2023 at 3:21pm
The Julian Wells American Legion Post 442 and Winchester VFW are joining together to host a golf scramble this weekend to give veterans the ability to visit the nation’s capital. The scramble will be held at Plum Creek Golf Course outside of Winchester on Saturday, July 29th. All proceeds will go towards the Land of […]
Crime Stoppers Seeking Info on Recent Suspicious Fires
By Jeremy Coumbes on July 27, 2023 at 9:44am
Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Scott & Cass Counties are requesting the public’s help to assist the Jacksonville Police Department in the ongoing investigation of recent suspicious fires in the city. Suspicious vacant property fires continue to dot the city. During the last week, three more fires were added to the list. The former Starlight Motel […]
Report: Illinois Prisons in “Deplorable” Conditions
By Benjamin Cox on July 27, 2023 at 8:36am
A consulting company hired by the State of Illinois to assess the conditions of prisons says that things are in deplorable shape. WBEZ reports that the consultants found three of the department’s 27 facilities as approaching “inoperable” and estimated the prison system has at least $2.5 billion of “deferred maintenance,” the highest of any state […]
Roderick Tapped to Lead Mid-America Port Commission
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2023 at 3:32pm
A retired local farm bureau executive has been tapped for a new position. The Journal Courier reports that former Pike-Scott Farm Bureau Executive Director Blake Roderick has been elected chairman of the Mid-America Port Commission. The commission is the largest port district on the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers. It covers a three-state, 26-county region […]
Routt Names New Enrollment & Development Director
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2023 at 2:40pm
Routt Catholic High School has announced its new Director of Development and Enrollment. Bre Linstromberg Copper of Jacksonville will officially take over the role on August 1st. Former director of development and enrollment Colleen Doyle announced in June that she had accepted a position as regional director of development at the University of Notre Dame […]
Lakes Department Announces 2023 Duck Blind and Archery Deer Hunt Drawings
By Jeremy Coumbes on July 26, 2023 at 1:20pm
The weather may be heating up this week, but Lake Jacksonville officials are thinking about cool weather sports over the next few weeks. The 2023 Lake Jacksonville Archery Deer and Duck Blind Drawing will be held in mid-August at the Nichols Park Pavilion. Jacksonville Lakes Superintendent Brett Gilbreth says about this time every two years, […]
Pritzker, AFSCME Announce Ratification of New 4-Year Contract
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2023 at 11:49am
Governor JB Pritzker’s administration and AFSCME Council 31-the largest union of front line Illinois state employees-announced yesterday the ratification of a new contract after membership voted overwhelmingly in favor. The agreement was tentatively reached by negotiators for the state and the union in the early morning hours of July 1st. Over the past two weeks, […]
Jacksonville Public Library Hosting Scams & Identity Theft Information Workshop Tonight
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2023 at 11:46am
The Jacksonville Public Library is hoping to educate the public about common consumer fraud and identity theft problems in a special program tonight Adult Services Librarian Ali Jones says there will be an informative presentation on common scams, fraud, and identity theft tomorrow night at the library: “We should have a representative from the Illinois […]
Nichols Park Pool Renovation Plans Finalized
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2023 at 11:37am
The Nichols Park Pool officially has a contractor and an approval on improvements. Reggie Benton of Benton & Associates reappeared before the council for the second meeting in a row to lay out terms and conditions for Trotter Construction of Macomb to complete the renovations that will now roughly cost around $1.7 million. Benton says […]
Jacksonville Grads Honored For Tops in the Nation on Crash Map Study
By Benjamin Cox on July 26, 2023 at 11:24am
Two Jacksonville High School graduates were honored by the Jacksonville School District 117 Board of Education last week for representing the school on a national scale. Rachel Lay and Grace Newman were seniors when they took first place in the ArcGIS Online Competition for U.S. High School and Middle School Students. The competition sponsored by […]