WJVO Seeks Seed Money From City For Festival of Lights Display
By Benjamin Cox on May 24, 2023 at 5:26pm
The Jacksonville City Council was talking Christmas on Monday night. WJVO/WJIL General Manager Sarah Shellhammer says her radio stations are partnering with Eric & Nicole Dooley of Carthage to bring a Festival of Lights to Jacksonville. Shellhammer says she is in the process of raising about $75,000 to place the lights at the Morgan County […]
Jacksonville Woman Sentenced To Prison For Fight With Police, Casey’s Employee Attack from 2021
By Benjamin Cox on May 24, 2023 at 4:51pm
A Jacksonville woman was sentenced to major jail time for three separate violent incidents dating back two years. 19-year old Miracle V. Walker of the 600 block of North Clay pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon in Morgan County Court to charges of aggravated battery and aggravated battery of a peace officer. The aggravated battery to a […]
Filbert Named New Pike County State’s Attorney
By Benjamin Cox on May 24, 2023 at 4:48pm
A familiar face in Pike County Courtrooms has been named the county’s new top attorney. Current State’s Attorney Zachary Boren was named to a vacancy in the Eighth Judicial Circuit last month and is expected to assume the bench on Friday. The Pike Press reports that Boren’s replacement in the Pike County State’s Attorney’s Office […]
JMH Drive-Thru Lab Reopens
By Benjamin Cox on May 24, 2023 at 9:43am
Jacksonville Memorial Hospital’s drive-thru lab reopened Monday on the northwest side of the hospital’s campus. Administrative Director of Lab Services for JMH Misty Farris says patients and JMH employees alike are excited to have the service reopen: “We’re super excited about it. I actually talked to a couple of patients on Monday who shared with […]
Beardstown Man Charged By Feds On Methamphetamine Charges
By Benjamin Cox on May 24, 2023 at 9:17am
A Beardstown man has been charged in federal court for being an alleged methamphetamine dealer in three counties. 41-year old Timothy A. Hacker of Beardstown was charged in federal court on May 9th for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to a complaint filed against Hacker, investigations into his activities began in […]
College and Park Intersection to Become Four-Way Stop
By Jeremy Coumbes on May 24, 2023 at 6:49am
The longest stretch of city street without a traffic stop in Jacksonville is about to change. Monday night the Jacksonville City Council approved the second reading of an ordinance to install stop signs on West College Avenue at the intersection with Park Street, making the intersection a four-way stop. The long-debated issue received a heavy […]
Eight Priests Connected to Local Area Named in IL Attorney General Report on Child Sex Abuse in IL Catholic Churches
By Benjamin Cox on May 23, 2023 at 8:03pm
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today released a comprehensive report detailing decades of child sex abuse by members of the clergy in Illinois’ Catholic churches. The report concludes a 4 1/2-year long investigation into child sex abuse by members of the clergy in all 6 Catholic diocese in the state. Raoul’s detailed report reveals names […]
Carrollton Man Identified As Decedent in Monday Morning Crash North of Kane
By Benjamin Cox on May 23, 2023 at 7:37pm
The Illinois State Police have identified the person killed in a car crash on U.S. 67 in southern Greene County on Monday morning. Illinois State Police officials say that 64-year old Kenneth R. Crull of Carrollton was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred at 10:36 a.m. on Monday, approximately 2 miles […]
Morgan County Forced to Pass Updates On Wind & Solar Ordinance By New State Law
By Benjamin Cox on May 23, 2023 at 9:50am
The Illinois General Assembly enacted a law this January that enacted a state ordinance on the siting and permitting process for wind and solar farms. Signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker, the law now supersedes local governments from passing or enacting more restrictive ordinances on renewable energy projects. Illinois joins California and New York in creating […]
Jacksonville Promise Holding Fundraising Events in Early June
By Benjamin Cox on May 23, 2023 at 9:32am
The Jacksonville Promise Scholarship program is about halfway to its goal for the year. The group is hoping to raise $160,000. Dr. Charles Sheaff says that the Jacksonville Promise has gotten some major help already from two local organizations: “We have to recognize the Tracy Family Foundation. They have been a major partner of ours […]