Bluffs Listed As IL EPA Low-Interest Loan Recipient For New Water Tower, Infrastructure Upgrades
By Benjamin Cox on September 2, 2022 at 3:15pm
The Village of Bluffs was recently listed as a recipient of an Illinois EPA water infrastructure loan. The low-interest loans fund wastewater, storm water and drinking water projects around the state. Bluffs is receiving $1,435,970 with a Principal Forgiveness of $400,000 to replace its existing water tower. The village plans on building a new 150,000 […]
IDHS Summoned to Sangamon Co. Court For Contempt Over Inmate Transfers
By Benjamin Cox on September 2, 2022 at 3:09pm
The Illinois Department of Human Services may be summoned to Sangamon County Court again for a contempt citation. WMAY reports that Sangamon County Judge Adam Giganti has set a hearing for September 12th after DHS missed a deadline to transfer a county jail inmate to appropriate psychiatric care. Alonzo D. Billups was found unfit to […]
Gillham House to Offer Local Burgeoning Businesses a Shared Storefront
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 2, 2022 at 2:56pm
What once was a longtime funeral home is on the way to becoming the home of burgeoning small businesses in Downtown Jacksonville. Colleen Flinn, owner of Nothing Fancy Supply in Jacksonville is acquiring the former Gilliam Buchanan Funeral Home Building located at 326 West State Street next to the Morgan County Courthouse. She says what […]
Finlaw Files Appeal on Murder Conviction Case
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 2, 2022 at 12:11pm
A man convicted of Murder in Morgan County Court earlier this year has filed an appeal in the case. 22-year-old Dustin A. Finlaw was back in Morgan County Court this morning for a hearing on a pair of motions filed in his case. Finlaw was found guilty for the 2018 murder of 42-year-old Robert Utter […]
Yohn Files Motion Again to Dismiss Second Public Defender
By Benjamin Cox on September 2, 2022 at 11:52am
A Springfield man charged with multiple felonies in Adams County is seeking to represent himself in court again. 35 year old Bradley S. Yohn filed a motion on August 24th once again to represent himself in his case. According to Muddy River News, a status hearing was held on the motion in Adams County Court, […]
Sangamon Co. Board Seeks to Intervene in ICC Permit for Heartland Greenway, To Consider Moratorium on CO2 Pipelines
By Benjamin Cox on September 2, 2022 at 11:49am
The Sangamon County Board is expected to consider adopting a moratorium on carbon dioxide pipelines through the county after local pushback against the Heartland Greenway project. WMAY reported yesterday morning that Sangamon County has filed a motion to intervene in the Illinois Commerce Commission permitting process for the proposed CO2 pipeline that will cut across […]
Identity of Jacksonville Man Found Deceased in Rural Sangamon County Released
By Benjamin Cox on September 1, 2022 at 6:27pm
Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon has announced the identity of the Jacksonville man found deceased in a vehicle yesterday in rural Sangamon County. Allmon says that 42 year old Nickholas Stambaugh of Jacksonville was pronounced deceased at 8:45 yesterday morning on the Lost Bridge Trail just off of Interstate 55, between Springfield and Rochester. An […]
Routt Students Awarded Over $46,000 in Scholarships for New School Year
By Jeremy Coumbes on September 1, 2022 at 11:22am
A new record number of Routt Catholic High School Students were awarded scholarships through the Routt Education Foundation. Fifty-six students at Routt Catholic High School were awarded nearly $47,000 in scholarships for the current school year at Routt. Colleen Doyle, Director of Development for Routt says there is a wide variety of scholarships available for […]
Jacksonville Man Found Dead In Sangamon County
By Benjamin Cox on September 1, 2022 at 11:17am
Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon says a Jacksonville man was found deceased just off Interstate 55 yesterday morning. Allmon says a 42 year old man was found dead in a vehicle near the Lost Bridge Trail, just off of I-55 between Springfield and Rochester at 8:45 yesterday morning. An autopsy is being performed today. The […]
Canton Teen Located Safe
By Benjamin Cox on September 1, 2022 at 11:15am
The Canton Police Department says a teen that’s been missing since early August has been found safe. 17 year old Summer Rayne Rodgers was reported missing on August 12th after leaving her home to go meet someone. According to an update posted by the Canton Police Department and Missing Persons Awareness Network, Summer was located […]