Garrison School Sees Diminished Police Presence After New Training & Procedures Implement; Gets New Admin; Four Rivers Currently Working Through OCR Complaints
By Benjamin Cox on February 23, 2023 at 9:29am
The fallout of a joint report by ProPublica and Chicago Tribune published in December on the Garrison School in Jacksonville is still being felt. The Four Rivers Special Education Board of Directors met yesterday afternoon to hear about some of the changes being made at the school so local police would not be having a […]
Jacksonville Public Schools Foundation Announces ‘200 for 200’ Fundraising Campaign
By Benjamin Cox on February 23, 2023 at 7:59am
The Jacksonville Public Schools Foundation is putting a new twist on its annual fundraising in celebration of Jacksonville’s bicentennial. In a press release yesterday, the public school’s foundation says that at their February 14th meeting, the board of directors approved and has announced the new “200 for 200” campaign. Designed to be tied to the […]
Hendricker Named 2023 Blue Diamond Community Service Award Recipient
By Benjamin Cox on February 23, 2023 at 7:56am
First National Bank, based in Arenzville, has named lifelong Arenzville resident Wes Hendricker as its 2023 recipient of the Blue Diamond Community Service Award. In an announcement released yesterday, Hendricker was noted for his career of service in various capacities in the Arenzville area and across West Central Illinois. Noted in the announcement is Hendricker’s […]
Rural Franklin Man Arrested After Gun Discharged During Domestic Dispute
By Benjamin Cox on February 23, 2023 at 5:56am
Morgan County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man after a gun was discharged in a rural Morgan County residence last night. Deputies were called to a residence in the 200 block of Boucher Lane, about 5 miles south of Franklin, after a complainant reported that a male subject had pulled a pistol and shot near a […]
Juvenile Arrested After Police Pursuit, Crash on Train Tracks
By Benjamin Cox on February 23, 2023 at 5:46am
Jacksonville Police arrested a juvenile last night after a traffic stop turned into a brief pursuit and then a traffic crash with a Jacksonville Municipal vehicle. Officers attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by a 17 year old male juvenile at the intersection of North Clay and East College Avenue at approximately 8:30PM […]
GFL Pulls Community Recycling Bin At Rte 104 Transfer Station
By Benjamin Cox on February 22, 2023 at 4:01pm
The community recycling bin at the GFL Transfer Station on Illinois Route 104 has been removed. Jacksonville City Clerk Skip Bradshaw says that the recycling bin was not being used for its intended purpose by a small group of people. He says people were dropping off forbidden items like tires, batteries, paint, and concrete among […]
Early Voting for April Consolidated Election Starts Thursday
By Jeremy Coumbes on February 22, 2023 at 11:32am
Morgan County Clerk Jill Waggener reminded the County Commissioners during their regular meeting this morning, that early voting will begin in her office this Thursday. Waggener says residents can vote early during regular business hours from 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday, as well as on Saturday, March 4th, and Saturday, April 1st, from 9:00 […]
One Injured in West Morton Two-Vehicle Crash
By Jeremy Coumbes on February 22, 2023 at 10:48am
One person received minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash on West Morton Avenue early yesterday morning. Police and EMS responded to a call of a head-on collision with airbag deployment and possible injury in the 1900 block of West Morton just before 5 am Tuesday. According to a police report, a vehicle driven by 31-year-old […]
Miller Casework Team Comming to Jacksonville Friday
By Jeremy Coumbes on February 22, 2023 at 9:56am
The Office of 15th District Congresswoman Mary Miller has announced local availability for this week. According to a release late yesterday, Congresswoman Miller’s casework team will be at the Jacksonville Public Library from 11 am to 2 pm this Friday, February 24th. According to the announcement, Congresswoman Miller’s casework team is available to help with […]
JPD Investigating Criminal Damage to Residence Incident
By Jeremy Coumbes on February 22, 2023 at 9:41am
Jacksonville Police are investigating a criminal damage to government-supported property incident from last night. At approximately 7:30 pm, police were called to the 800 block of Hoagland Avenue after a resident told dispatchers that someone had thrown a rock at her window. According to the report, someone damaged the window sometime between 7:20 and 7:33 […]