Region’s Cemeteries Mull Organization After Meeting
By Benjamin Cox on March 13, 2023 at 9:46am
Over 60 people showed up to the Jacksonville Municipal Building Thursday night to talk about the challenges that rural cemeteries face in the region. Board members of cemeteries from Morgan, Scott, and Greene counties were in attendance to hear about common problems compiled by local funeral director and Ebenezer Cemetery Board member John Buchanan. Buchanan […]
JPD Investigating Sunday Vehicle Theft
By Jeremy Coumbes on March 13, 2023 at 9:17am
According to a preliminary report, Jacksonville Police officers were called to the 200 block of West Beecher Avenue at 8:00 am Sunday after a caller advised that someone had taken her vehicle without her permission. According to the report, the vehicle was later recovered in the 700 block of West College Avenue at approximately 1:45 […]
Local Authorities Search For Missing Teen
By Benjamin Cox on March 10, 2023 at 7:02pm
Jacksonville Police and national authorities are searching for a teen missing since February. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 17-year-old Journee Gilliam was last seen Feb. 18th. According to a Jacksonville Police report, a juvenile was reported missing from her home in the 100 block of East Independence Avenue on the […]
Deer The Cause of Two Semi Collision Near Murrayville
By Benjamin Cox on March 10, 2023 at 5:16pm
Local wildlife is said to have caused two semi-tractor trailers to collide head on near Murrayville this afternoon. Morgan County Sheriff’s Deputies, LifeStar EMS, Murrayville-Woodson EMS and multiple other agencies were called to the a collision of two semi tractor trailers on Illinois Route 267 at Coal Creek Road at 12:55PM. The Illinois State Police […]
Pleasant Hill Man Arrested By ISP for Child Porn Possession
By Benjamin Cox on March 10, 2023 at 5:05pm
The Illinois State Police have arrested a Pike County man on possession of child pornography. ISP’s Division of Criminal Investigation have announced the arrest of 29 year old John Coultas of Pleasant Hill for Class 2 felony possession of child pornography. In February 2020, ISP DCI agents initiated an investigation after learning a subject was […]
Granite City Man Sentenced for 2021 White Hall Stabbing Incident
By Benjamin Cox on March 10, 2023 at 3:03pm
A former White Hall man will be headed to prison after being involved in a stabbing in the city in July of 2021. 28 year old Tyler D. Lockhart pleaded guilty today in a bench trial setting in Greene County Court to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Lockhart was arrested on […]
Davidsmeyer Pushing Legislation to Help Volunteer Rescue Squads
By Jeremy Coumbes on March 10, 2023 at 2:23pm
An area legislator is working to help rural rescue squads. State Representative CD Davidsmeyer of Jacksonville is sponsoring legislation this spring that will help volunteer rescue squads around the state by providing a much-needed revenue source for these unpaid squads. Although Rescue Squads perform similar services, and have corporate and ambulance service property tax levies, […]
LaHood Says FBI Violated His Privacy Through FISA Actions
By Benjamin Cox on March 10, 2023 at 1:30pm
16th District Congressman Darin LaHood says the FBI searched an intelligence database for his name multiple times in what he calls an “egregious” violation of his privacy. LaHood confronted FBI Director Christopher Wray about the alleged incidents, which he said occurred about three years ago, during an annual House Intelligence Committee hearing on national security […]
IL Dept. of Insurance Fines BCBS of Illinois
By Jeremy Coumbes on March 10, 2023 at 12:41pm
A major health insurance carrier has been fined by the State of Illinois. The Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI) announced today a $605,000 fine has been levied on Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, for violating the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act (NATA). Insurers are required […]
Proton Therapy Cancer Treatment Legislation Moves to House for Consideration
By Jeremy Coumbes on March 10, 2023 at 12:26pm
An area legislator is working to make it easier for cancer patients to receive proton therapy as part of their treatment program. 94th District Representative Norine Hammond of Macomb says while proton therapy is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, insurance companies often restrict or refuse coverage. For the past two years, Hammond […]