Baylis Woman Arrested On Drug Charges
By Benjamin Cox on May 12, 2022 at 3:12pm
The Pike County Sheriff’s Department arrested one woman yesterday on drug charges. At 8:28 last night, Pike County Sheriff’s Deputies executed a court-authorized search warrant at a residence in the 200 block of West Fourth Street in Baylis. According to a press release from Pike County Sheriff David Greenwood, subsequent to an investigation, over 50 […]
Crime of the Week: Vandalism To Business on Mauvaisterre Street
By Benjamin Cox on May 12, 2022 at 2:41pm
The Jacksonville Police Department is seeking the public’s help in solving a vandalism case. According to police reports, unknown individuals damaged several windows on the north side of a business located in the 200 block of South Mauvaisterre around 8:30 in the evening on Sunday. The police are asking if anyone has any information about […]
White Hall Rez Added to IDPH Fish Consumption Advisory List
By Benjamin Cox on May 12, 2022 at 2:37pm
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced updated consumption advisories today for fish caught in Illinois waters. These changes are the result of continued sampling by the Illinois Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program. IDPH issued 7 new site-specific methylmercury advisories adding the White Hall Reservoir to the list. A statewide methylmercury advisory remains in place for […]
Green Flamingo Grill Chosen As Action Brown County Business Competition Winner
By Benjamin Cox on May 12, 2022 at 7:45am
Action Brown County announced the winner last night of its business competition at Brown County High School. Five businesses and the public gathered in the high school auditorium. The businesses gave their final public pitch for their business in hopes of winning $20,000 in seed money to start their business. WGEM reports that Alana Boylen […]
Illinois Residents To Get Portion of Cathode Ray Tube $43M Settlement
By Benjamin Cox on May 11, 2022 at 6:29pm
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced yesterday that Illinois consumers will soon receive payments as part of a $43 million settlement with manufacturers of cathode ray tubes. The payments are part of settlements Raoul’s office has reached with international electronics companies Hitachi, LG, Philips, Samsung, Toshiba and Panasonic to resolve a 2012 lawsuit that alleged […]
Memorial Urgent Care Location Coming to Lincoln Square
By Benjamin Cox on May 11, 2022 at 6:25pm
Lincoln Square will soon have a new addition to the healthcare community in Jacksonville. Memorial Health has announced that they will be occupying the former location of Perkins & Lincoln Gardens on the northwest corner of the square with a brand new Memorial Care offering. Travis Dowell, Memorial Medical Group President and CEO says it’s […]
WLDS/WEAI & Country Financial Present Proceeds of All Star Classic to New Directions & Camp Courage
By Benjamin Cox on May 11, 2022 at 5:56pm
Members of WLDS/WEAI and Country Financial presented checks from proceeds of the annual basketball All Star Classic to New Directions Warming & Cooling Center and Camp Courage today at the Cass-Morgan Farm Bureau Office. WLDS/WEAI’s Gary Scott says that the All Star Classic is rebuilding: “We gave each of the organizations checks for $400. That […]
South Jacksonville Police Has New Squad Car
By Benjamin Cox on May 11, 2022 at 5:44pm
The Village of South Jacksonville Police Department has a new squad car. The design was made by one of the department’s new officers. Anley Gerdes started with the police department full time back in February after being a member of West Central Illinois Joint Dispatch. Gerdes says that the design came together around a black, […]
Yohn Granted Motion to Proceed Pro Se
By Benjamin Cox on May 11, 2022 at 5:32pm
A Springfield man will now represent himself in a November 2021 carjacking and home invasion case in Adams County Court. Muddy River News reports that 35 year old Bradley Yohn was granted the ability to proceed pro se by Judge Roger Thomson today in Adams County Circuit Court. Yohn had previously asked Judge Amy Lannerd […]
Illinois’ Senators Lead Charge to Codify Abortion Rights Into Federal Law
By Benjamin Cox on May 11, 2022 at 12:16pm
U.S. Senate Democrats have started up a largely symbolic fight on a bill to codify abortion rights into federal law today. In the wake of a leaked Supreme Court draft decision to possibly overturn Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to call a bill codify abortion rights along with certain privacy […]