Pike County Accounting Software Issues Lead to Delayed Audit, Possible State Funding Consequences
By Benjamin Cox on July 30, 2022 at 8:47am
Pike County is facing the possibility of being placed on the state’s Do Not Pay list. The Pike County Board was alerted to a number of errors that exist in the county’s fund status report. The errors in the report are a result of payroll expenditures not being reflected in the fund status report, according […]
SUV vs. Motorcycle Crash Sends 1 To Hospital, Both Drivers Cited
By Benjamin Cox on July 30, 2022 at 8:38am
One man was transported to Jacksonville Memorial Hospital after a motorcycle and a SUV collided in Jacksonville’s west end yesterday. Jacksonville Police and LifeStar EMS received a call of a vehicle versus motorcycle crash in the 2200 block of West Morton Avenue just west of Buccheit’s at 12:22 yesterday afternoon. 80 year old Donald R. […]
Man Arrested After Vehicle Rollover on Rees Curve
By Benjamin Cox on July 29, 2022 at 6:18pm
One man was cited after a vehicle rolled over on Illinois Route 104 near Rees Road early this morning causing injuries. LifeStar EMS and the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department were called out to Rees Curve with the rollover and injuries at 12:07 this morning. According to police reports, the driver of the unidentified vehicle, 37 […]
Downstate Sheriffs Wish to Expedite Legal Fight Over Inmate Transfers to Psych Facilities
By Benjamin Cox on July 29, 2022 at 6:15pm
The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department wants to expedite its legal fight with the state over jail inmate transfers. WMAY reports that in a new legal filing, Sangamon County along with 5 other downstate sheriff’s departments are asking for a fast track for discovery and trial over the state’s ongoing failure to transfer inmates to psychiatric […]
Violent Texas Sex Offender Arrested in Pike Co. In June Indicted in Federal Court
By Benjamin Cox on July 29, 2022 at 6:11pm
A Texas man deemed sexually violent that was arrested for allegedly absconding in Pike County last month has been indicted in federal court for failing to register as a sex offender after crossing multiple states. 62 year old Robert W. Niffen of Houston, Texas was arrested on a bicycle by Pike County Sheriff’s Deputies in […]
Ameren Agrees to Repair Streets Affected by Remediation of Former Jacksonville Coke Gas Plant
By Jeremy Coumbes on July 29, 2022 at 11:04am
Work will soon begin again near the former site of a gas plant in Jacksonville. The Jacksonville City Council gave unanimous approval to an agreement with Ameren Illinois Monday night to complete work to rehabilitate portions of both Anna and West Streets. Earlier this summer, Ameren completed the project to restore the site affected by […]
JPD Investigating After Multiple Theft Incidents Reported Thursday
By Jeremy Coumbes on July 29, 2022 at 9:08am
Jacksonville Police are investigating three incidents of theft from yesterday. Jacksonville police were called to Henry’s Service Center located at 2244 West Morton Avenue at approximately 11:00 am Thursday. According to a police report, at approximately 4:30 yesterday morning a side-by-side UTV was stolen from the business. Police were later called to Jacksonville Machine Inc. […]
Local Unemployment Drops Slightly, State Still Lags Behind National Jobless Rate
By Benjamin Cox on July 29, 2022 at 6:40am
Local unemployment numbers dropped by nearly half a percentage point over the month. Morgan, Scott, Greene, Cass, and Macoupin all saw dips of 4-to-5 hundredths of a percentage point between May and June. Brown, Schuyler and Pike remain some of the places of some of the lowest unemployment in West Central Illinois, with all under […]
Jacksonville Lands IDNR Recreational Trails Grant to Complete Walking Trail to South Side of Lake Jacksonville
By Benjamin Cox on July 29, 2022 at 6:35am
Persistence has paid off for the City of Jacksonville in the case of the Lake Jacksonville recreational trail. The City applied for an Illinois Department of Natural Resources Recreational Trails Program grant more than 3 years ago in the hopes of completing the paved walking trail all the way around the lake. Former City Planner […]
Sheffler Re-Trial Begins To Take Shape, Jury Selection To Begin Monday
By Benjamin Cox on July 29, 2022 at 6:31am
A Western Illinois Corrections facility guard is facing a re-trial in federal court will begin soon. 53 year old Todd Sheffler of Mendon will once again stand trial for allegedly participating in the beating and violation of rights to inmate Larry Earvin. Todd Sheffler was in court this morning to hear about three pre-trial motions […]