Winchester Home Total Loss After Sunday Evening Fire
By Jeremy Coumbes on May 31, 2022 at 1:52pm
The Winchester Fire Department received a call of a structure fire in a home at 84 North Commercial Street at approximately 6:15 Sunday night. Winchester Fire Chief Freddie Andrews says the weather Sunday night didn’t help matters as portions of the home were already fully involved when his crews arrived. “ The homeowner had been […]
Arenzville Road, Health Department Open Dates Highlight Quick Commissioners’ Meeting
By Benjamin Cox on May 31, 2022 at 1:49pm
The Morgan County Commissioners heard about two important dates coming up in June this morning. Commissioner Chair Brad Zeller says that the beginning of the Arenzville Road rehab project will start within the next two weeks: “Our county engineer [Matt Coultas] informed us that the work on the Arenzville Blacktop would start June 13th. The […]
Final Jacksonville Community Engagement Meeting to Reveal Complied Housing Data from Recent Surveys Wednesday
By Jeremy Coumbes on May 31, 2022 at 1:42pm
The last in a series of community engagement meetings for the eventual development of a comprehensive plan for the City of Jacksonville will be next week. The city’s current comprehensive plan is now twenty years old and Community Development Director for the City of Jacksonville Brian Nyberg says every box from the first plan has […]
Overton To Be Sentenced June 9 in Connection to Jackson Murder in Indiana
By Benjamin Cox on May 31, 2022 at 1:40pm
The second person connected to a murder of a Jacksonville man outside of Indianapolis, Indiana has pleaded guilty to charges in connection to his death. Morgan County, Indiana Chief Prosecutor Steve Sonnega said in e-mail communication this morning that 26 year old Britney D. Overton of Indianapolis has pleaded guilty to robbery resulting in serious […]
Strawberries Linked to Hepatitis A Outbreak
By Benjamin Cox on May 31, 2022 at 1:36pm
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration and the Center for Disease Control and Canadian health officials are asking you to check your refrigerator for strawberries. The FDA, CDC, Public Health Agency of Canada, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are looking into organic strawberries branded as FreshKampo and HEB purchased between May 5 and April […]
JFD Receives Donation Toward Purchase of Grain Bin Rescue Tube
By Jeremy Coumbes on May 31, 2022 at 12:26pm
The Jacksonville Fire Departments’ goal of reaching the level of full technical rescue status is getting an assist from a local agriculture-related business. Farm Credit of Illinois has donated funding to the Jacksonville Fire Department for the purchase of a grain rescue tube. The grain tube allows for rescue personnel to extract someone who has […]
Bost, Two Other Republicans File Suit Over Mail-In Ballot Counting
By Benjamin Cox on May 31, 2022 at 9:57am
Three Republicans have filed a lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections saying the state should not count mail-in ballots that arrive to an election authority after the date of an election. The suit was filed by 12th District Congressman Mike Bost, former State Representative candidate Laura Pollastrini from DuPage County, and another former […]
Tractor Supply Company Location Coming to Beardstown
By Benjamin Cox on May 31, 2022 at 9:53am
The nation’s largest rural lifestyle retailer is coming to Cass County. The Cass County Star Gazette reports that Tractor Supply Company, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennesseee, has announced they are building a new store in Beardstown. The company purchased property on Illinois Route 125 just east of Wal-Mart from the Colwell Family to build a brand […]
Morgan County Vietnam Memorial to be Rededicated
By Jeremy Coumbes on May 30, 2022 at 9:23am
Veterans and their families will gather today in Nichols Park in Jacksonville to rededicate a monument thereby finishing a long-overdue recognition. The Morgan County Vietnam War Memorial is the centerpiece of the Vietnam Veterans Grove memorial across from the pavilion in Nichols Park. The memorial was dedicated in March of 1975. sometime later a gray […]
Two Injured In Semi Crash in Brown County
By Benjamin Cox on May 29, 2022 at 4:33pm
Two people were injured early this morning in a semi truck crash in Brown County. Illinois State Police District 20 reports that a 2016 white Freightliner Semi Truck Tractor Trailer careened off into timber from Illinois Route 99 southbound approximately 1 mile north of Versailles at around 12:32AM. According to the report, the driver, 39-year […]