Woman Discovers Gun in Grill Left on Porch
By Jeremy Coumbes on March 14, 2022 at 3:04pm
Jacksonville Police responded to a home in the 600 block of North Main Street over the mid-day Sunday after a resident advised that someone had placed a grill on her back porch and inside she found a handgun. Officers recovered the weapon from the grill at approximately 12:30 yesterday afternoon. According to police, it is […]
March Weather Living Up To Wild Predictions
By Benjamin Cox on March 14, 2022 at 1:56pm
In like a lion…out like a lion? March weather was predicted to be wild, and so far its living up to its name with large temperature swings. Severe weather season is now upon the state, too. State Climatologist Dr. Trent Ford says that long-term models show that the state may be in for an active […]
Petersburg Native On Cusp of Solving Organ Transplant Rejection
By Benjamin Cox on March 11, 2022 at 12:43pm
A Petersburg, Illinois native is on the cutting edge of organ transplant research. Dr. Joseph Turek is Duke University’s chief of pediatric cardiac surgery. Turek and a team of experts are part of the only program in the western hemisphere that uses a unique way to help prevent a new transplanted organ from being rejected. […]
Murrayville-Woodson EAS Hosting Emergency Medical Responder Class
By Jeremy Coumbes on March 11, 2022 at 10:15am
The Murrayville-Woodson Emergency Ambulance Service is hosting an Emergency Medical Responder class this spring. The class will be held at the Murrayville-Woodson Ambulance Shed in Murrayville, and President of MWEAS, Jeff Cunningham says the EMR class offers anyone the chance to be more than just an ambulance driver. “The EMR class is a first step […]
Final Arrest Made in Rolling Acres Armed Robbery
By Benjamin Cox on March 11, 2022 at 5:51am
The final suspect in an armed robbery from January has been apprehended. Jacksonville Police Chief Adam Mefford says that 38 year old Ashton D. Haley of the 500 block of West Walnut Avenue is the final person of interest who has been arrested in connection to the incident that occurred on the evening of January […]
I-72 Crash From Wednesday Deemed Hit & Run
By Benjamin Cox on March 11, 2022 at 5:43am
More information has been released about a 2-vehicle crash on Interstate 72 near Jacksonville Wednesday afternoon. According to the Illinois State Police, a 2009 Silver Toyota Corolla driven by 50 year old Ruby A. Reese of Bloomington, Illinois and an unidentified semi truck tractor trailer were traveling westbound on Interstate 72 at mile marker 69, […]
Cass Co. Sheriff’s Office Releases Information on Irrigation Wire Theft
By Benjamin Cox on March 10, 2022 at 11:42pm
More information has come out about an arrest made in Cass County on Thursday morning. The Cass County Sheriff’s Department reports that the arrest of 43 year old Christopher R. Welker of Beardstown early Thursday morning for failure to appear warrants for two counts of theft has had two additional charges added. According to Sheriff […]
Wright Named to Forensic Science Commission
By Benjamin Cox on March 10, 2022 at 11:37pm
The Sangamon County State’s Attorney has been appointed to a new board meant to expedite forensic evidence in criminal cases in the State of Illinois. Governor J.B. Pritzker appointed Sangamon County State’s Attorney Dan Wright to the Forensic Science Commission. Wright is a Republican and has served as the Sangamon County State’s Attorney since 2018. […]
Preliminary Autopsy Results Show Freedom Drive Suspicious Death Was Due to Gunshot Wound
By Benjamin Cox on March 10, 2022 at 11:31pm
More information has been released about a suspicious death investigation at a west end hotel in Springfield from Wednesday. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon has identified the decedent in the case as 47 year old Lesli Lundquist of Champaign. Lundquist was pronounced deceased in a hotel room at The Sleep Inn in the 3400 block […]
Durbin, Duckworth Release List of West Central Illinois Projects To Be Funded Under Massive FY22 $1.5 Trillion Spending Omnibus
By Benjamin Cox on March 10, 2022 at 11:25pm
The U.S. Senate passed the massive Fiscal Year 2022 omnibus appropriations package yesterday in a vote of 68-31. The bill passed the House in a late night vote Wednesday. The massive $1.5 trillion spending package includes several West Central Illinois projects, according to Illinois Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin. Durbin and Duckworth’s office provided […]