Rep. Coffey: The IL State Capital Should Have A Post Office
By Benjamin Cox on April 12, 2024 at 6:12am
Springfield area State Representative Mike Coffey is joining the chorus of lawmakers opposed to the U.S. Postal Service’s proposed network consolidation plan. This action would redirect Springfield’s packages and unprocessed mail to St. Louis, Missouri. The current proposal by the USPS would convert 58 Processing and Distribution Centers into Local Mail Processing Centers. Coffey says […]
Turner’s Human Remains Chain of Custody Bill Passes IL Senate
By Benjamin Cox on April 12, 2024 at 6:01am
A bill that would aim to prevent families from receiving the wrong remains of their loved ones has now passed one chamber of the statehouse. WCIA reports that State Senator Doris Turner’s bill filed in November that would require ll funeral and crematory establishments in the state to include chain of custody records and start […]
Jacksonville Museum Officials Encourage Visit Soon for New JDC Display Due to Upcoming Renovations
By Benjamin Cox on April 11, 2024 at 1:26pm
The Jacksonville Area Museum’s latest exhibit on the Jacksonville Developmental Center has been a huge draw. The exhibit opened this past weekend and saw several hundred people come through the museum. Museum Manager McKenna Servis says people should come and visit as soon as possible to see the exhibit because upcoming renovations for the museum’s […]
Counterfeit Cash An ‘Epidemic’ For Jacksonville Area Businesses
By Benjamin Cox on April 11, 2024 at 11:43am
Counterfeit and prop money incidents are on the rise in the Jacksonville area. The Jacksonville Police Department dealt with at least two reported cases of “funny money” at two area businesses within the past week alone. Village of South Jacksonville Police Chief Eric Hansell says that counterfeit $20 bills and $100 bills have been popping […]
Crime of the Week: Residential Burglary on West State Street
By Benjamin Cox on April 11, 2024 at 11:22am
Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Scott & Cass Counties are requesting information to assist the Jacksonville Police Department in their investigation of a recent residential burglary. Sometime between 5:30am and 4:30pm on Saturday, April 6th, unknown individuals made entry into a residence in the 1400 block of West State Street and several items were taken, including: […]
Cass-Morgan Farm Bureau First Baby Born at JMH During National Ag Week
By Benjamin Cox on April 11, 2024 at 11:21am
The Cass-Morgan Farm Bureau celebrated National Agriculture Week, March 17-24, by honoring the first baby born during the week at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital. Elise Rose Jung was born Thursday, March 21st. Elise and her parents, Hannah and Albert Jung of Jacksonville, received an overflowing bushel basket containing clothing, farm books, toys and supplies, courtesy of […]
Two Injured in Two-Vehicle Crash in Beardstown
By Benjamin Cox on April 11, 2024 at 11:19am
Two people were taken to the hospital and a utility pole was damaged in Beardstown yesterday afternoon after a two-vehicle collision. According to a Beardstown Police report, a black 2002 Mitsubushi SUV driven by Claude Nganga of Beardstown was traveling on 9th Street and is said to have failed to yield to a red 1994 […]
California Man Arrested in Springfield For Crossing State Lines to Meet A Minor, Distributing Child Pornography
By Benjamin Cox on April 10, 2024 at 12:01pm
The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of a California man in Springfield by officers from the Department of Homeland Security. According to a press release from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office, in September 2022, the sheriff’s office was notified that an adult male had been communicating with a Sangamon County-area minor child […]
Northern Morgan County To See Multiple Culvert Replacement Projects Over the Spring & Summer
By Benjamin Cox on April 10, 2024 at 11:53am
Morgan County Highway Engineer Matt Coultas says there is some major work coming to the northwest portions of the county this summer. He says the projects will involve major culvert replacements: “Roger Orr in Road District 6 has one on South Finch, one on Leach Farm Road, and another on Willow Branch Road. Those are […]
South Jacksonville Trustees To Clean Up Language Governing Solar Installations
By Benjamin Cox on April 10, 2024 at 11:42am
The Village of South Jacksonville’s Board of Trustees are having to clean up a year-old ordinance governing solar installations. A little over a year ago, the village board enacted an ordinance that was passed mainly on the residential side of zoning and building ordinances in order to ensure that solar panels installed on property would […]