Wabash Green Toyota Dealership Breaks Ground on $11 Million Expansion
By Benjamin Cox on February 5, 2025 at 5:20am
A Springfield automotive dealership on Wabash Avenue announced a major expansion on the west end of Springfield on Monday. Green Toyota is planning an $11 million project intended to significantly modernize and expand its showroom, service area, and customer amenities. The groundbreaking for the major expansion and renovation project took place Monday morning at 3901 […]
Pike County Approves Pay For Backlog of Audits, Working Through FY25 Budget Shortfall
By Benjamin Cox on February 5, 2025 at 5:16am
The Pike County government is trying to set its financial house in order. The Pike Press reports that the county board approved paying nearly $300,000 to Springfield auditor Sikich LLP to perform the backlog of 3 financial audits that have failed to take place over the previous 3 fiscal years. By law, a county or […]
New Daycare Opens In Pleasant Plains School District
By Benjamin Cox on February 5, 2025 at 5:15am
People living in the Pleasant Plains area have a new option for child care. Kardinal Kids, owned by Kasi and Ryan Maisenbacher, opened their doors on Monday at 260 South Bradfordton Road. The property, just west of Route 97, has a Springfield address but is in the Pleasant Plains school district. Kasi Masienbacher told the […]
Jacksonville Fire Department Praises Teen’s Quick Thinking In Saving Family Home
By Benjamin Cox on February 5, 2025 at 5:10am
The Jacksonville Fire Department has given praise to a teenager who saved his family’s home from a tragedy on Sunday night. Jacksonville Police and Fire were called for a fire in a basement of a home at approximately 8:45 Sunday night at residence in the 400 block of James Creek Lane. Fire officials say the […]
Jacksonville CPAA Introducing Bass Tournament To Fund Local Scholarships
By Benjamin Cox on February 4, 2025 at 11:37am
A new fishing tournament at Lake Jacksonville hopes to raise proceeds for a new scholarship program to benefit local enforcement. The Jacksonville Citizens Police Academy Alumni will host a bass tournament on April 26th at Lake Jacksonville. The event, coordinated by fundraising chairwoman Cindy Beddingfield and organizer Glenn Robson, is designed to bring a minimum […]
Members Needed for Citizen Committee Aimed at Providing Guidance on JDC, Norris Hospital Solutions
By Jeremy Coumbes on February 1, 2025 at 6:49pm
The Jacksonville Developmental Center tops the list of blighted and vacant area properties at the center of a new citizens ad hoc committee currently in development. Moving Jacksonville Forward aims to provide guidance from area citizens to the City of Jacksonville, Village of South Jacksonville, and Morgan County Commissioners on the direction of blighted properties […]
One Person Injured In Two-Vehicle Crash on Old 36 Friday Night
By Benjamin Cox on February 1, 2025 at 12:52pm
Multiple agencies responded to a reported two-vehicle head-on collision on Old Route 36 Friday night. According to a report from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, a Kia Sorrento driven by a 17-year old female juvenile is alleged to have been unable to negotiate the dogleg in the road on Old 36 at Orleans Road at […]
Morgan County HD Urges Caution as Area Flu Cases, Hospitalizations Rise
By Jeremy Coumbes on February 1, 2025 at 10:31am
The Morgan County Health Department is urging the public to take caution as it monitors a surge in cases of influenza. According to an announcement Friday, Morgan County Health Department officials are monitoring what they call a “significant increase” in influenza A and B transmission levels in the area. They say monitoring has indicated higher […]
Sheriff Thanks Volunteers as More Information Released on Recovery of Missing Scott County Man
By Jeremy Coumbes on February 1, 2025 at 10:18am
More information has become available in the recovery of a Scott County man who had been missing since early January. According to Greene County Sheriff Rob McMillen this afternoon, at approximately 5:00 pm Thursday, a pair of area hunters were checking traps in an area near the Scott-Greene County line when they saw in a […]
McClure, Davidsmeyer Bill Would Expel Students Who Commit Sexual Assaults in Schools
By Benjamin Cox on January 31, 2025 at 9:48am
State Senator Steve McClure has filed a bill that would expel any student who commits sexual assault on a school bus or on school grounds. McClure said in a press conference on Thursday he was shocked to find out that a student who committed sexual assault on a bus in the Taylorville School district was […]