Salvi Files FOIA Request in Schuyler County Over Incorrect Ballots
By Benjamin Cox on October 21, 2022 at 9:23am
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kathi Salvi is requesting information into the workers involved in the printing of erroneous ballots in Schuyler County. WCIA reports that Salvi filed a Freedom of Information Act request Thursday for he names, addresses and contact information of employees of the Schuyler County Clerk’s Office involved in printing ballots that incorrectly […]
Coalition Attempting to Stop Heartland Greenway Holds Info Session in Jacksonville
By Benjamin Cox on October 20, 2022 at 1:23pm
Approximately 40 people crammed into a classroom at Lincoln Land Community College-Jacksonville on Tuesday night to hear a presentation from a large coalition of people attempting to place a halt on the permit for the Heartland Greenway CO2 Sequestration Pipeline. The Coalition to Stop CO2 Pipelines gave a 2-hour presentation to the crowd about the […]
March of Dimes Report: Eight West Central Illinois Counties Designated As Maternity Care Deserts
By Benjamin Cox on October 20, 2022 at 1:07pm
The March of Dimes has classified a number of West Central Illinois counties as a maternity care desert. A county is classified as a maternity care desert if there were no hospitals providing obstetric care, no birth centers, no obstetrician/gynecologist and no certified nurse midwives. Calhoun, Pike, Scott, Brown, Cass, Menard, Schuyler, and Mason counties […]
Semi Hauling Motor Oil Burns on I-72
By Benjamin Cox on October 20, 2022 at 1:02pm
Sangamon County area fire departments were called out to a semi tractor trailer fire on Interstate 72 in western Sangamon County early this morning. According to an Illinois State Police report, at 12:24AM, troopers were dispatched to a semi engulfed in flames on Interstate 72 at milepost 87 about 5 miles east of New Berlin. […]
JFD Respond to Compactor Fire at Jacksonville Industrial Complex Thursday Morning
By Jeremy Coumbes on October 20, 2022 at 10:47am
The Jacksonville Fire Department responded to a call of a fire a an industrial complex this morning. At 7:23 this morning, a call came into West Central Joint Dispatch of a structure fire at UGL located at 550 Capitol Way in Jacksonville. While en route to the scene, fire department crews were notified that the […]
Jacksonville Area Hall of Fame Returning
By Benjamin Cox on October 20, 2022 at 10:10am
An organization that recognizes people for their significant contributions and leadership in Jacksonville has been revived after a decade. The Jacksonville Area Hall of Fame was established in 1990 and has previously inducted 65 people into the Hall. The honoree plaques currently hang in the Jacksonville City Council chambers at the Municipal Building. Revived by […]
Ptacek Proposes Small Section of East Morton Moves To Washington From Overcrowded South
By Benjamin Cox on October 20, 2022 at 9:29am
One small pocket of students along Jacksonville’s east end may be at a new school next year. Jacksonville School District 117 Superintendent Steve Ptacek says that South Elementary is becoming overcrowded and students from that district need to shift elsewhere to alleviate the burden: “The main goal of looking at the boundaries once again is […]
No One Injured in Single Vehicle Fire Wednesday Afternoon
By Jeremy Coumbes on October 19, 2022 at 3:09pm
No one was injured when a vehicle caught fire at an auto repair shop this afternoon. The Jacksonville Fire Department responded to a call of a vehicle fire at Clint’s Auto located at 104 Ankrom Court just off Old Jacksonville Road at approximately 2:00 pm. The bed of a full-size single-cab pickup truck was involved […]
Arkansas Man Arrested For Soliciting Child Pornography in Cass County
By Benjamin Cox on October 19, 2022 at 2:51pm
The Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation has announced the arrest of an Arkansas man in Cass County this week on child pornography charges. In April 2022, ISP DCI Zone 4 Agents initiated an investigation after learning a subject, later identified as 19-year-old Taylor Rainwater of Batesville, Arkansas, was soliciting child pornography from a […]
Two Individuals Involved in January Armed Robbery Sentenced to IDOC on Other Charges
By Benjamin Cox on October 19, 2022 at 1:43pm
Two co-defendants from an armed robbery in Rolling Acres trailer court from January were sentenced on separate charges in Morgan County Court yesterday. 25 year old Lillian D. Gaines of the 700 block of East Chambers Street admitted to a petition to revoke probation from an August 10, 2021 conviction on possession of methamphetamine. The […]