ISD Hosting NCASB Goalball Conference Championship This Weekend
By Benjamin Cox on April 29, 2022 at 5:25pm
Jacksonville will be home to a very unique sport today and tomorrow. The North Central Association of Schools For the Blind Goalball Conference Championship with 10 state schools for the blind and visually impaired will be competing for the top prize at ISD. Mansell says the reason they aren’t holding the event at ISVI is […]
Earvin Family Attorney Reacts to Sheffler-Banta Verdict in Federal Court
By Benjamin Cox on April 29, 2022 at 4:48pm
Jurors on Monday convicted an Illinois Department of Corrections officer for violating the civil rights of an inmate after he was pinpointed in a brutal beating of that inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Facility in Mt. Sterling in 2018, but they couldn’t reach a verdict against a superior officer. 30 year old Alex Banta of […]
Winchester Hears 3 Business Proposals This Month; Mayor Ends Council Tie On Extending Liquor Licenses
By Benjamin Cox on April 29, 2022 at 4:09pm
The City of Winchester recently heard proposals about new gaming facilities that led to a split vote at their April 6th city council meeting. The council was divided because the proposed gaming facilities require a liquor license. The first person to make their proposal to the council was Kayla Latham who wants to put in […]
Ford Recalling Several Explorers Due to Issue Causing Some to Roll Away While Parked
By Jeremy Coumbes on April 29, 2022 at 11:07am
If you drive a newer Ford Explorer you will want to keep an eye on your mailbox and maybe use your parking brake more often. Ford Motor Co. is issuing a recall on more than a quarter of a million of its popular Explorer SUVs sold between the 2020 and 2022 model years. The recall […]
Village Appoints Temporary Clerk
By Jeremy Coumbes on April 29, 2022 at 10:08am
The Village of South Jacksonville has a new Village Clerk, albeit temporarily. Clay Johnson was appointed as the Temporary Village Clerk during a special meeting of the Board of Trustees last night. Johnson has been working in Village Hall since he was brought in as an intern by former Village President Tyson Manker last year. […]
UIS Ad Hoc Faculty Committee Votes ‘No Confidence’ on UIS Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
By Benjamin Cox on April 29, 2022 at 9:03am
Members of an ad hoc committee of faculty at the University of Illinois Springfield announced yesterday that they had recently voted “no confidence” in the school’s provost Dennis Papini. In a press release to the media, members of the committee cited enrollment mismanagement, creation of a toxic campus climate, and misallocation of university resources of […]
Roderick To Be Honored With Scholarship by Pike-Scott Farm Bureau
By Benjamin Cox on April 29, 2022 at 8:53am
The Pike-Scott Farm Bureau is honoring one of their long-time leaders with a special scholarship in his honor. Executive Director of the Pike-Scott Farm Bureau Blake Roderick will have his last day on the job on Monday. Roderick has been with the bureau since December 1981. In a letter sent out to media yesterday afternoon, […]
Dist 117 Renews Waiver to Attract Staff During Shortage, Announces Normal Graduation
By Jeremy Coumbes on April 28, 2022 at 11:58am
Jacksonville School District 117 is working to combat the continued teacher shortage and renewed a policy waving tuition in certain instances. In what has become a regular policy in many districts, the District 117 board of education unanimously approved a waiver of rules of the school code to allow its full-time employees who do not […]
JPD Investigating Recent Skid Steer Theft
By Jeremy Coumbes on April 28, 2022 at 10:55am
Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Scott & Cass Counties are requesting Information to assist the Jacksonville Police Department in their investigation of a recent theft. Sometime between 8 pm on Sunday, April 10th, and 6:30 am on Monday, April 11th, unknown persons removed a 2004 Gehl model 6635 DXT Skid Steer. The Skid Steer is yellow […]
Weather Forcing Maifest Indoors
By Jeremy Coumbes on April 28, 2022 at 10:41am
Expected rainy and even stormy weather predicted for this weekend isn’t stopping the debut of a new downtown event on Saturday. The Jacksonville Main Street Maifest is moving due to the threat of rain. Executive Director Judy Tighe said this morning that the weather forecast isn’t worth chancing a washout, so the event which includes […]