Former Greenfield Coach Pleads Not Guilty to Grooming Charge, Trial Set For June
By Benjamin Cox on April 25, 2022 at 10:09am
A former Greenfield High School assistant baseball coach and IHSA Sports Official was in Greene County Court on Friday for a pre-trial hearing on grooming charges. State’s Attorney Caleb Briscoe called Police Chief John Goode of the Greenfield Police Department to the stand to show cause for the charges. Goode testified that Assistant Police Chief […]
Greene County Health Department Hosts Countywide Earth Day Clean Up
By Benjamin Cox on April 25, 2022 at 9:37am
Members of the Greene County community and staff of the Greene County Health Department took to the highways and bi-ways to clean up litter for Earth Day on Friday Health Department Administrator Molly Peters says the first annual event was a huge success: “It went great. We had quite a few community members join us […]
Beardstown Woman Arrested For Single-Vehicle Roll Over
By Benjamin Cox on April 25, 2022 at 9:22am
Beardstown Police, the Beardstown Fire Department, and Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a single-vehicle rollover crash in the 1300 block of Monroe Street in Beardstown this morning. According to a report from the Beardstown Fire Department and Beardstown Police, a 2007 black Honda SUV with two women was traveling westbound on Monroe Street […]
Threat of Building Collapse Closed U.S. 67 on April 14th in Carrollton
By Benjamin Cox on April 25, 2022 at 6:47am
The Illinois Department of Transportation had to shut down a major highway through Greene County on April 14th. The Greene Prairie Press reports that traffic had to be re-routed off of U.S. 67 through the downtown square in Carrollton on Thursday, April 14th due to the threat of a building collapse near the highway. U.S.67, […]
ALPLM to Host Holocaust Memorial Tuesday
By Jeremy Coumbes on April 23, 2022 at 11:51am
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will remember Holocaust victims, survivors, and their families on Tuesday. The “Evening of Remembrance” will commemorate Yom HaShoah, an annual worldwide observance of more than six million Jews and others murdered and persecuted through Nazi atrocities. The event is in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Springfield. The […]
Jury Now Deliberating Fate of Mt. Sterling Prison Guards
By Jeremy Coumbes on April 23, 2022 at 9:21am
The fate of a pair of former Mt. Sterling prison guards is now in the hands of the jury. Closing arguments were heard yesterday in the trial of 53-year-old Todd Sheffler of Mendon and 30-year-old Alex Banta of Quincy yesterday in federal court in Springfield. Sheffler and Banta are accused of the fatal beating of […]
I-72 Exit 46 Ramps to Close Monday
By Benjamin Cox on April 22, 2022 at 7:02pm
Travelers along Interstate 72 in Scott County may have to find an alternative way to get to Illinois Route 100 beginning Monday. IDOT Spokesperson Paul Wappel says that construction to repair pavement will take up the next few weeks: “The eastbound I-72 exit ramp for Illinois 100 and the Illinois 100 entrance ramp on eastbound […]
JSD 117’s Early Years Program Celebrates 35th Anniversary with Open House, Spirit Week
By Benjamin Cox on April 22, 2022 at 6:53pm
Jacksonville School District 117’s Early Years program celebrated 35 years in existence last night with an open house. Students were allowed to play on the playground and have refreshments as the public got to ask questions and meet with teachers and the administration Early Years Principal Sarah English says that the program has grown exponentially […]
Sullivan, Soloman, & Miles Dodge Ballot Objections
By Benjamin Cox on April 22, 2022 at 9:29am
The Illinois State Board of Elections is still pouring through numerous objections to candidate petitions for the June primary ballot. An entire slate of Republican candidates were stricken from the ballot for various reasons. Objection hearing notes were made public yesterday by the State Board of Elections ahead of a final meeting to certify the […]
Davis Visits IC, Touts School Nursing & Teacher Programs, Student Loan Repayment Bill
By Benjamin Cox on April 21, 2022 at 3:22pm
13th District Congressman Rodney Davis visited Illinois College yesterday. He spoke with political science students in the day and then met with President Barbara Farley and members of the history department at Whipple Hall at the Paul Findley Office Museum. Davis is one of 21 former Illinois College students and alumni who has served in […]