Crime Stoppers Seeking Tips on Murrayville Mower Theft
By Benjamin Cox on July 12, 2023 at 5:30pm
Morgan, Scott, Cass Crime Stoppers and the Murrayville-Woodson Police are asking for the public’s help in their investigation of a recent theft. According to a police report, Sometime between July 5th and Wednesday morning, an unknown individual removed a red Toro LX468 riding riding lawnmower from a residence on East Superior in Murrayville. The lawnmower […]
Missouri Woman Arrested After Motorcycle Runs Out of Gas West of Pittsfield
By Benjamin Cox on July 12, 2023 at 5:19pm
Pike County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a woman last night after a reported road hazard on Illinois Route 106, just west of Pittsfield. Pike County Sheriff David Greenwood says a deputy was dispatched at 10:33PM for a traffic hazard at Illinois Route 106 just west of 345th Street, approximately 4 miles west of Pittsfield. Upon arrival, […]
Two Men Arrested by CIEG Unit in Anna Street Bust
By Benjamin Cox on July 12, 2023 at 4:58pm
Two individuals have been arrested today on drug charges after a months-long investigation by Jacksonville and Central Illinois authorities. The Jacksonville Police Department Patrol Division, Special Response Team, and the Central Illinois Enforcement Group executed a search warrant on a residence in the 300 block of Anna Street. The warrant was a result of an […]
McClellan Announces Candidacy For Morgan County Coroner
By Benjamin Cox on July 12, 2023 at 2:43pm
A Morgan County Correctional Officer and bailiff has announced his candidacy for Morgan County Coroner. South Jacksonville resident Alan McClellan today announced he will seek the Republican nomination for coroner in Morgan County. According to a press release, McClellan previously worked as a paramedic for LifeStar Ambulance in Springfield beginning in 1990. He later moved […]
Identity of Old 36 Crash Victim near Alexander Released
By Benjamin Cox on July 12, 2023 at 2:26pm
The Illinois State Police have released the identity of a driver of a vehicle killed on Old Route 36 near Alexander last night. State Police reports indicate that a tan 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe driven by 59-year old Joseph H. Britz, Jr. of New Berlin was traveling east on Old Route 36 at Wabash Avenue […]
Council Consensus Moves Forward With Different Option, Additional Cost for Nichols Park Pool Renovation
By Benjamin Cox on July 12, 2023 at 2:18pm
A consensus was reached by the Jacksonville City Council on how to proceed forward on the Nichols Park Pool improvements. Reg Benton of Benton & Associates presented the council with two options to move forward after a single bid came forward on the pool’s improvements. Trotter Construction out of Macomb was the lone bidder. The […]
Small Ember from Construction Project Causes Smoke to Fill Meredosia School
By Benjamin Cox on July 12, 2023 at 2:00pm
A small ember sparked a major problem in a renovation project at the Meredosia-Chambersburg School early Tuesday morning. Superintendent Thad Walker believes a small ember from a construction project landed in some insulation causing smoke to start filling up the school just after 4AM: “We just had some smoldering insulation where we are having some […]
Local Rescue Squad Bill Signed Into Law
By Benjamin Cox on July 12, 2023 at 1:51pm
A bill to help fund local rescue squads has been signed into law. 100th District State Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer’s legislation to help save volunteer rescue squads in rural areas of the state has been signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker. The new law became effective immediately on June 30 and now allows rescue squads to fix, […]
Driver Killed in Single Vehicle Accident on Rt 36 Tuesday Night
By Jeremy Coumbes on July 12, 2023 at 11:21am
One person was killed in a single-vehicle crash last night. According to a release this morning by Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson this morning, a single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 9:30 Tuesday night on Route 36 just west of Illinois Highway 123 in Alexander. The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene. Radio traffic from […]
Man Airlifted to Hospital After Falling from Beardstown Seawall
By Jeremy Coumbes on July 12, 2023 at 11:09am
According to a release by the Beardstown Volunteer Fire Department on their social media late yesterday, at approximately 1:30 pm Beardstown Fire and Ambulance were called to the riverside of the sea wall. According to the report, sometime overnight an unidentified man had fallen from on top of the sea wall, approximately 35 feet to […]