Area Water Projects Receive USDA Rural Development Loans & Grants
By Benjamin Cox on December 24, 2024 at 5:14pm
One area village and two area water cooperatives are receiving a portion of $16 million set aside by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Office for water projects. The Village of Medora in Macoupin County is receiving a $150,00 loan and a $100,000 grant to replace approximately 11 miles of water main. The current […]
Commissioners Approve Last of ARPA Fund Allocations; Set Annual Tax Levies for county, Marnico Village
By Benjamin Cox on December 24, 2024 at 3:48pm
The Morgan County Commissioners approved a number of money matters Monday morning for their final meeting of 2024. Commissioner Chair Mike Wankel says that the commissioners approved the allocation of some of the remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds to renovations of the county’s annex at 345 West State Street: “We added to the list […]
Jacksonville School District 117 Balloons Tax Levy, School Board Approves Bond Sale For New Elementary School Project
By Benjamin Cox on December 24, 2024 at 3:39pm
The Jacksonville School District 117 Board of Education passed its annual tax levy and approved a bond sale at their December 18th meeting. Officials from the district’s administration discussed briefly with two members of the public the need for a 10% increase to their tax levy in 2025. The annual levy is a taxing body’s […]
LLCC-Springfield Offering Extended Spring Semester Student Services Hours
By Benjamin Cox on December 24, 2024 at 11:25am
Lincoln Land Community College Student Services and Bookstore will offer extended hours for spring registration on the Springfield campus next month. Student services include registration, records, financial aid, testing and student success advising. Extended hours include 8AM to 6PM January 6th through the 9th; 8AM to 5PM on January 10th; and 10AM-1PM on January 11th, […]
Springfield Plastic’s Drain For the Cure Raises Over $144,000 for Simmons Cancer Institute
By Benjamin Cox on December 24, 2024 at 8:43am
Springfield Plastics recently concluded its annual Drain For the Cure fundraiser with a check presentation at the Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU in Springfield. Vice President of Springfield Plastics Jennifer Furkin presented a check of over $144,000 to Executive Director of Simmons Cancer Institute Dr. Aziz Khan. Furkin says that this year’s fundraiser put the […]
Authorities Searching For Missing Quincy Woman After Husband Dies in Shootout with Police in Eastern Missouri
By Benjamin Cox on December 24, 2024 at 8:38am
The Quincy Police Department is searching for information on the whereabouts of a Quincy woman tied related to a man who died in a shootout with law enforcement after a lengthy stand off in Eastern Missouri over the weekend. 32-year old Britney Kelly was last seen on December 14th in St. Charles, Missouri in the […]
Albrecht to Serve as Interim Greene Co. Treasurer
By Benjamin Cox on December 24, 2024 at 8:24am
The Greene County Board has named an interim treasurer for the county while the search is on for a permanent replacement. Long-time Deputy Treasurer Brenda Albrecht will serve as interim treasurer replacing Kirby Ballard, who is resigning at the end of this month. Ballard told the Greene Prairie Press that he has some long-term health […]
One Injured in Single Vehicle Crash at Former Mac Campus Friday
By Jeremy Coumbes on December 21, 2024 at 9:13am
One person was injured in a single-vehicle crash with airbag deployment Friday morning near downtown Jacksonville. Police and EMS were called to the 300 block of South Clay Avenue just before 10:00 am Friday after a caller to West Central Joint Dispatch reported a vehicle had driven through the campus and struck both a pole […]
Some IDHS Customer, Employee Data Compromised in Phishing Attack
By Jeremy Coumbes on December 20, 2024 at 5:16pm
Several customers and a few employees of a major state agency were victims of a data breach earlier this year. The Illinois Department of Human Services announced today the agency experienced a privacy breach in April where multiple employee accounts were accessed by an outside entity’s phishing campaign. Officials say the files accessed included the […]
City Approves Wipe of Old Municipal Fine Collections
By Benjamin Cox on December 20, 2024 at 9:47am
The Jacksonville City Council is taking necessary steps to clean up some concerns with open accounts on Monday. The City Council approved write offs on collection accounts 7 years or older. City Attorney Dan Beard explained that some of the old city ordinance fines will never be collected because some of the debts were paid […]