Bailey Calls on General Assembly To Come To Special Session Over State’s High Gas Prices
By Benjamin Cox on June 9, 2022 at 6:58pm
55th District State Senator and current GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey held a press conference at an Effingham, Illinois gas station yesterday highlighting the state’s ever-rising gas prices. Bailey chided Governor J.B. Pritzker and 95th District Republican State Representative and current GOP Lieutenant Governor candidate Avery Bourne whose running mate is Bailey’s opponent Richard Irvin […]
Bragging Rights BBQ Raises Near-Record Number For Jacksonville Roller Hockey League
By Benjamin Cox on June 9, 2022 at 6:29pm
The Kiwanis Bragging Rights BBQ saw a huge turnout this past Saturday at the Morgan County Fairgrounds. Kiwanian and BBQ Committee member Rob Thomas says that people were lined up to get in the gates when they opened to the public at Noon this past Saturday: “We had a very good turn out. The weather […]
Griggsville Woman Arrested For Drug Charges in Pleasant Hill Traffic Stop
By Benjamin Cox on June 9, 2022 at 6:17pm
Pike County Sheriff’s Deputies and Pleasant Hill Police arrested two women Wednesday evening after a traffic stop in Pleasant Hill. Pike County Sheriff David Greenwood says that at 7:39PM Wednesday night, sheriff’s deputies and Pleasant Hill Police officers initiated a traffic stop on a white 2003 Chevrolet minivan for speeding in the 700 block of […]
Two Hurt In West Morton Avenue Crash
By Benjamin Cox on June 9, 2022 at 6:09pm
Two people were injured in a two vehicle crash on West Morton Avenue at mid-day today. A caller advised of a two vehicle collision with airbag deployment and injuries at 11:11 this morning in front of the Jiffi Stop in the 800 block of West Morton Avenue. The caller had told police that they believed […]
Memorial Behavioral Health Crisis Response Team Expands Coverage Area to Morgan & Scott
By Benjamin Cox on June 9, 2022 at 3:59pm
Memorial Behavioral Health is expanding a crisis response team’s coverage area into Morgan and Scott counties on Monday. The mobile crisis response team will now be able to assist adults and children in the area who are experiencing a mental health emergency. Memorial Behavioral Health’s Cassie Delaney says the 24/7 service which launched in April […]
Downtown’s Newest Mural Honors Pioneering Jacksonville Physician, Trolly Mural Also Returns
By Jeremy Coumbes on June 9, 2022 at 2:47pm
A Central Illinois artist found therapy through a celebrated doctor from Jacksonville’s past while working to bring more color and life to downtown. A pair of new murals were installed in Downtown Jacksonville on Thursday. Jacksonville Main Street announced the new mural as it was being installed by members of the Wall Dog community of […]
Three Men Arrested For Running From Police on Motorcycles
By Benjamin Cox on June 9, 2022 at 1:08pm
Three men were arrested after multiple agencies attempted to stop them on motorcycles early this morning. Jacksonville Police attempted a traffic stop on a group of motorcycles at Morton and Main at 11:08 last night. Officers had received reports of motorcycles revving engines and traveling over the speed limit through town. The motorcycles fled the […]
Beardstown Fire Department Slapped With Fines, Violations From Myers Hotel Building Fire
By Benjamin Cox on June 9, 2022 at 1:06pm
The Illinois Department of Labor’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health released a scathing report of the Beardstown Fire Department yesterday about a May 2021 apartment building fire at the former Myers Hotel that injured 3 firefighters, one of which was the fire chief. The names of the injured were not included in the report. […]
Godfrey Splash Pad Down, Part On Order
By Benjamin Cox on June 9, 2022 at 12:00pm
A popular summer attraction and cool off spot in South Jacksonville is going to be down for awhile. Village of South Jacksonville Utility Superintendent John Green says the Godfrey Park Splash Pad is closed until further notice: “We brought it back up from sitting over the winter. De-winterized it. Got it up and going and […]
Morgan County Commissioners Pay Out For New Sheriff’s Office SUV, Other Sizable Bills to Start June
By Benjamin Cox on June 9, 2022 at 11:51am
The Morgan County Commissioner paid out some sizable bills on Monday for their first meeting of the month of June. Commissioner Chair Brad Zeller says that two large bills came out of the General Fund to start the month: “We have general fund bills in the stated amount of $98,477.02. With that, the two largest […]