Walk Into Darkness
By Gary Scott on September 5, 2025 at 10:49am
A suicide awareness event returns to downtown Jacksonville in less than two weeks. The Walk Into Darkness event will be held Sunday, September 14th on the square. Stacey Beeley is helping promote the event. She lost a daughter to suicide while the daughter was in high school. Beeley says they will have memory candles and […]
South Jax Oil & Chip Program Begins Thursday Sept 4th
By Seth Gabriel on September 3, 2025 at 11:31am
The 2025 Oil & Chip Program is scheduled to begin Thursday, September 4, 2025, for selected areas of South Jacksonville. Residents are asked not to park on the street. Any vehicle found parked on a street at the time work is to begin will be towed, according to Village officials. The following streets are being […]
Mother Nature Turned Up the Heat and Humidity last month
By Gary Scott on September 3, 2025 at 10:34am
The meteorological summer ended with August, and Mother Nature gave us our muggiest month of the summer. The average temperature was at 73 and a half degrees in August. That’s only about a half a degree above normal. The discomfort we felt was more from the humidity than the heat. The mercury reached 85 or […]
Central IL fire departments respond to person trapped in grain bin in Nokomis
By Benjamin Cox on September 3, 2025 at 12:47am
A number of Central Illinois fire departments responded to a person trapped in a grain bin in Nokomis on Tuesday night. According to a press release from the Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency, at approximately 6 p.m. Tuesday, members of the Nokomis Area Fire Protection District were notified of an individual trapped in a grain […]
Calhoun County man arrested after violent break-in at a home in Hardin
By Benjamin Cox on September 3, 2025 at 12:18am
A Batchtown man was arrested early last month after a reported violent break-in at a home in Hardin in early August. According to a press release from the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, on August 9th at approximately 5:40 p.m. the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a Disturbance in Progress occurring in the 3100 […]
Jacksonville Police arrest Missouri man on out-of-state warrant after shutdown of Clay & State
By Benjamin Cox on September 2, 2025 at 1:59pm
Jacksonville Police arrested a Missouri man inside of a home on Tuesday after shutting down East State Street and Clay Avenue. According to a Jacksonville Police press release, on Friday, August 29th, the police department received information from the Mexico, Missouri Police Department that Montrel I. Burton, 33, was wanted on warrants in the State […]
Triopia Graduate One of the Winners in the Dreams Drawing
By Gary Scott on August 31, 2025 at 7:55pm
A Concord couple active in community events in the Jacksonville and Concord area are the big winners in the Routt-Our Saviour Dreams drawing. David and Nicole Meyer claim the winning ticket worth $100-thousand. The drawing was done Sunday night at the tail end of Family Fun Festival. The $1-thousand winners were Barb Grizzle of Roodhouse, […]
Esprit de Corps President files suit against Morgan Co. Commissioner over partnership dissolution
By Benjamin Cox on August 30, 2025 at 8:55am
A partnership aimed at bringing more fine arts and agriculture education to Jacksonville has ended in a lawsuit and left a historic MacMurray College building’s fate in flux. Tim Smith, president of the Esprit de Corps Academy, and Morgan County Commissioner Dr. Michael Woods entered into a partnership in July 2023 with dreams of creating […]
Man arrested for electric scooter theft
By Benjamin Cox on August 21, 2025 at 7:16pm
Jacksonville Police have arrested a man in relation to theft of an electric scooter that took place just over a month ago. According to Jacksonville Police reports from July 19, a caller reported at approximately 1:41 a.m. their electric scooter had been stolen within the past hour from the front of KJB’s Pint Haus on […]
Jersey, Calhoun receive state disaster declaration after late July flood event
By Benjamin Cox on August 21, 2025 at 7:03pm
Governor JB Pritzker today issued a state disaster proclamation after severe weather and flooding caused extensive damage across Cook, Jersey, and Calhoun Counties from July 25–28th. The proclamation ensures that state resources can be directed to support local response and long-term recovery efforts. “Illinois families and communities are still facing the impacts of these devastating […]