Pathway CEO Talks Potential Challenges Regarding Recent Dignity In Pay Law
By Benjamin Cox on January 31, 2025 at 9:33am
A local organization that provides opportunities and care to the developmentally disabled is currently making plans for a new state law that affects how they pay some of their workers. Pathway Services Unlimited Executive Director Ryan Dowd says that the organization is preparing for when the Dignity In Pay Act takes full effect in 2029. […]
Local Entrepreneurs Seeking Partner For New Business at former Gilham House
By Benjamin Cox on January 31, 2025 at 9:16am
A successful Beardstown florist and his partner, an executive chef working in Springfield, are seeking another investor to help bring a new business to Jacksonville. Ross Blakeman, owner of Rosebud & Co. Flower Shop in Beardstown and his partner Nathan Peak, currently an executive chef at Anvil & Forge Brewery in Springfield purchased the former […]
Sen. Tracy’s Office Seeking Valentine’s Cards for Seniors
By Benjamin Cox on January 31, 2025 at 9:07am
State Senator Jil Tracy’s office is once again spreading joy during the Valentine’s Day season to seniors in long-term care facilities throughout the region. Sen. Tracy says that the Valentine’s Day Card collection they started 5 years ago has become extremely popular with several groups: “We’ve collected Valentines from community groups, church groups, schools, classes, […]
Griggsville Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to Prison For Failure to Report Address Changes to Pike Co. Sheriff
By Benjamin Cox on January 31, 2025 at 8:58am
A Griggsville man is heading to prison for failure to report address changes to the Pike County Sheriff’s Office on multiple occasions. 46-year old Christopher A. Ellinger pleaded guilty to two counts of Class 2 felony failure to register as a sex offender, and a single count of possession of methamphetamine yesterday in Pike County […]
Convicted Joliet Murderer Charged With August 2024 In-Custody Death at Western IL Correctional Center
By Benjamin Cox on January 31, 2025 at 8:54am
A person responsible for two vicious murders in a Chicago suburb more than a decade ago has again been charged in Brown County Circuit Court for a murder at a Mt. Sterling prison facility. Brown County State’s Attorney Michael Hill has charged 36-year old Joshua R. Miner, a now-former prisoner at Western Illinois Correctional Center, […]
JPD, Morgan Co. Sheriff’s Deputies Assist Central IL Enforcement Group In Drug Warrant Arrest
By Benjamin Cox on January 31, 2025 at 8:49am
Jacksonville Police, Morgan County Sheriff’s Deputies, and the Central Illinois Enforcement Group [CEIG] executed a search warrant in Jacksonville Thursday morning. According to a Jacksonville Police press release, the search warrant was a result of an investigation over the last several months, involving the previously mentioned agencies, along with the Morgan County State’s Attorney’s Office. […]
Jacksonville Police Reveal Information Behind Shots Fired Incident from Jan. 25
By Benjamin Cox on January 31, 2025 at 8:45am
Jacksonville Police have released some results of an investigation into an incident in which shots were fired behind a downtown tavern on Saturday, January 25th. According to a press release this morning, at approximately 11PM Saturday, January 25th officers responded to the municipal parking lot in the 200 block of South Sandy Street, located behind […]
Body of Missing Scott County Man Located
By Benjamin Cox on January 31, 2025 at 8:32am
A Scott County man missing for nearly three weeks has been found deceased. Family members of 54-year old Kenny Eugene Gauges reported on social media last night that his body had been located approximately ½ mile from his home in a wooded area. Gauges was last seen on Patterson Road near Glasgow and was reportedly […]
JPD Investigating Gun Incident at West Morgan Depot *UPDATED*
By Benjamin Cox on January 30, 2025 at 3:36pm
Jacksonville Police are an investigating an incident in which someone is alleged to have brandished a weapon in a Downtown Bar Wednesday night. Officers were called to the West Morgan Depot in the 200 block of West Morgan Street in Jacksonville shortly before 10PM. A female caller advised someone known to them had pulled a […]
Davidsmeyer, Tracy Retain ILGA Leadership Positions
By Benjamin Cox on January 30, 2025 at 3:34pm
Two area lawmakers are retaining leadership roles in the Illinois General Assembly. House Republican Leader Tony McCombie announced January 13th that 100th District State Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer will continue to serve as Assistant Minority Leader. Davidsmeyer has served in the General Assembly since 2012. He will continue to serve on the House committees of appropriations […]