Murrayville, Woodson Fire Departments Respond to Vehicle Fire Friday Night
By Jeremy Coumbes on November 19, 2022 at 5:00pm
A local Fire Chief says he has a greater appreciation for what people feel like when they show up to a call after his personal vehicle caught fire Friday night. Murrayville and Woodson Fire Department crews responded to a call of a vehicle fire west of Murrayville on Prospect Road and assisted one of their […]
Rural Roodhouse Home Total Loss in Saturday Morning Blaze
By Jeremy Coumbes on November 19, 2022 at 12:37pm
A two-story home is a total loss in rural Roodhouse after fire swept through it this morning. The Roodhouse Fire District was called out to a fire at 92 West Roodhouse Road at 8:53 Saturday morning located approximately two miles west of Route 67. Chief Terry Hopkins says what started as a small fire quickly […]
Woman Arrested Following Altercation with Hospital Staff
By Jeremy Coumbes on November 19, 2022 at 9:57am
A Jacksonville woman remains in custody after an altercation at the hospital yesterday. Jacksonville Police were called to Jacksonville Memorial Hospital at 10:30 Friday morning after hospital staff reported a patient was being combative with staff. According to a police report, 29-year-old Christine R. Taylor of the 1100 block of South Main Street was arrested […]
Police Investigating Early Morning Hit and Run With Stolen Vehicle
By Jeremy Coumbes on November 19, 2022 at 9:53am
Police are investigating a vehicle theft after a hit-and-run crash early this morning. Jacksonville Police responded to the 500 block of South Diamond Street just before 3 am after a caller advised West Central Joint Dispatch that someone had wrecked their daughter’s truck before taking off on foot. According to police reports, an unknown person […]
Driver’s License and ID Card Expiration Extension Ends Dec. 1
By Benjamin Cox on November 19, 2022 at 9:31am
The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office is reminding the public that the Driver’s License and ID Card Expiration extensions granted during the Covid-19 pandemic are up at the end of the month. To address the high customer volume caused by the pandemic, current Secretary of State Jesse White expanded online renewals for expired licenses and […]
Crime Stoppers Marks Three-Year Anniversary of Investigation into Mac Student Homicide
By Jeremy Coumbes on November 18, 2022 at 5:53pm
Saturday marks three years since a MacMurray student was found in his home with a gunshot wound and investigators are still searching for the teenager’s murderer. At 11:38 pm on Tuesday, November 19th, 2019, Jacksonville Police discovered 19-year-old Maurice Cunningham unresponsive after suffering from a gunshot wound inside his residence at 618 Jordan Street. A […]
Village “Back to Square One” on New Cell Tower
By Jeremy Coumbes on November 18, 2022 at 2:48pm
The Village of South Jacksonville may be at an impasse when it comes to helping bring better cell service into the village. The Village Board of Trustees was updated last night on the continued discussion on a proposed new cellular tower AT&T wishes to erect on Village property. Village President Dick Samples told the board […]
City Expands Municipal Building Footprint with Purchase of Former Neff-Colvin Building
By Jeremy Coumbes on November 18, 2022 at 10:06am
The Jacksonville City Council approved a resolution last night to purchase the property adjacent to the municipal building located at 321 North Sandy Street. Once the home of a plumbing business, the building has most recently been used as a private office and storage space. Mayor Andy Ezard says the building, which is bordered by […]
Sangamon Co. Judge Holds IDHS in Civil Contempt on Inmate Transfers Into Psych Facilities Again
By Benjamin Cox on November 18, 2022 at 4:32am
Sangamon County Judge Adam Giganti has found the Illinois Department of Human Services and Human Services Director Grace Hou to be in indirect civil contempt of court. Hou and representatives of IDHS filed their petition on a rule to show cause yesterday in Sangamon County Court after failing to appear before the court back on […]
Auburn Man Charged in Fatal Crash Denied Bail
By Jeremy Coumbes on November 17, 2022 at 3:56pm
A Sangamon County judge has denied bail for an Auburn man accused of first-degree murder following a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 55 last week. More information has become available on the crash that claimed the life of a 35-year-old North Carolina woman and sent three others, including the defendant, to the hospital last Tuesday. According […]