Maifest Successfully Moves Indoors Saturday
By Benjamin Cox on May 2, 2022 at 9:05am
Jacksonville Main Street had to rearrange some plans on Saturday, but still managed to get a great event together. Maifest was originally supposed to be hosted on the Downtown Square, but a threat of rain and storms throughout the day had to push things to McClelland Dining Hall on the old MacMurray College campus. Jacksonville […]
UIS Faculty Union & Administration Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
By Benjamin Cox on May 2, 2022 at 9:00am
University of Illinois-Springfield faculty and administration came to a tentative agreement on a new contract over the weekend, averting a possible strike. The deal was reached late Saturday afternoon after intense bargaining with a federal mediator on Friday and beginning again on Saturday. According to the State Journal Register, the new deal would be for […]
IDOC Employees’ Lawsuit in Christian County Rejected
By Benjamin Cox on May 2, 2022 at 5:29am
Another Central Illinois court has rejected attorney Thomas DeVore’s attempt to block Governor JB Pritzker’s COVID vaccination-or-testing mandates for public employees. The latest ruling came Thursday in a case filed in Christian County on behalf of 46 employees of the Illinois Department of Corrections from 18 separate facilities who objected to the requirement to show […]
Springfield Man’s Trial Delayed For Review of DNA Evidence After Volatile Hearing in Adams County
By Benjamin Cox on May 2, 2022 at 5:27am
The trial for a Springfield man accused of carjacking and sexually assaulting an elderly woman near Quincy has been pushed back following a request to review DNA evidence. The motion to continue the case of 34 year old Bradley Yohn from the May 9th jury docket in Adams County was approved on Friday by visiting […]
Pike County Board Says No To Rezone Request for Cannabis Facility in Martinsburg
By Benjamin Cox on April 30, 2022 at 5:10pm
The Pike County Board said no to a craft cannabis grow facility this past week. The Pike Press reports that board members unanimously denied a rezoning request to Ganja Thai LLC for a parcel of land near Martinsburg in order to accommodate an adult use cannabis grow/infusion/transport facility. Opposition to the rezoning request was numerous […]
Pike Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest Two in Drug-Related Traffic Stops
By Benjamin Cox on April 30, 2022 at 9:18am
The Pike County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of two individuals in drug arrests after traffic stops early this week. On Monday at 6:38PM, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Milton in reference to a suspicious vehicle. Deputies located the vehicle in Davis Street near Pittsfield Street in Milton and conducted a traffic […]
Education Advocates, Teachers Unions Call For Changes to State Tests
By Benjamin Cox on April 30, 2022 at 7:36am
Education advocacy groups and the Illinois Federation of Teachers are calling for a major overhaul of state testing of grade school students. According to the Illinois State Board of Education, a report was commissioned and found that major revisions need to be made for state assessments on grades 3-8. The report was performed by the […]
Pike Co. Sheriff’s Office Seeking Tips on Recent Vehicle Thefts
By Benjamin Cox on April 30, 2022 at 7:31am
The Pike County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s assistance on the identification of individuals involved in recent vehicle thefts. On Thursday, at approximately 7:49 AM, the Pike County Sheriff’s Department was contacted regarding a white, 2018 Ford F-150 Pickup Truck that was stolen from the 1000 block of Decatur Street in Barry. Upon arrival, […]
Benefit to Help Local EMT Set for Sunday in Jacksonville
By Jeremy Coumbes on April 29, 2022 at 5:54pm
A number of residents are invited to help support a Jacksonville EMT this Sunday. Chad Dawdy is a military veteran who has been a longtime Emergency Medical Technician in Jacksonville as well as the greater West Central Illinois area taking ambulance shifts in Jacksonville and Beardstown as well as serving as an Air-Evac helicopter EMT […]
Finlaw Murder Conviction Sentencing Pushed to June
By Benjamin Cox on April 29, 2022 at 5:39pm
A Meredosia man convicted of first degree murder in January will have to wait until June to hear his sentence. 22 year old Dustin A. Finlaw was in court today for a status hearing on his sentencing in the first degree murder of Robert Utter of Rushville that occurred four years ago in Meredosia. Recently, […]