Two Airlifed After Colliding Head On in Greene Friday
By Jeremy Coumbes on December 13, 2024 at 6:28pm
More information has become available on a two-vehicle head-on crash in Greene County Friday. According to a preliminary investigation by the Illinois State Police, Troop 8 units responded to White Hall Road east of NE 1100 Avenue approximately two miles west of Illinois Route 267 just after 11:00 am Friday. State Police officials say a […]
Kenneth Acree Murder Trial Now Set for March
By Jeremy Coumbes on December 13, 2024 at 6:15pm
The trial of a now more than four-year-old murder case may finally get underway in Morgan County Court early this upcoming year. 39-year-old Kenneth J. Acree of Murrayville was in court for a pretrial hearing Friday afternoon. Acree faces 3 counts of first-degree murder and a single count of concealment of a homicidal death in […]
Jacksonivlle Symphony Orchestra Brings Old Favs and New Surprises to Holiday Program Saturday
By Jeremy Coumbes on December 13, 2024 at 5:55pm
Sounds of the holiday season will ring through Rammelkamp Chapel at Illinois College on Saturday as the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra takes the stage for this year’s program Scenes of Holiday Joy. Music Director and Conductor Garrett Allman says this year’s program has a varied mix of some endearing classics with a few new surprises for […]
JHS Boys Basketball Home Games to Feature Chance at $500 Half Court Prize
By Benjamin Cox on December 13, 2024 at 6:15am
The Jacksonville High School basketball parent group has partnered together with a local business that’s celebrating an anniversary for a new contest at Crimsons’ home games this year. Stephanie Davidsmeyer Alexander, who is a member of the parent group, says the contest will compliment all the amenities that the historic Jacksonville Bowl provides during Crimsons […]
Springfield Clinic CEO To Retire, Interim Named
By Benjamin Cox on December 13, 2024 at 6:03am
A local hospital system announced the retirement of its President & CEO at the end of this month yesterday. Springfield Clinic officials said in a press release yesterday that CEO Ray Williams will retire effective December 31st after 8 years of service. During his eight-year tenure, Williams oversaw the system’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Authorities Announce Identities of Two Decedents Found on South East Street
By Seth Gabriel on December 13, 2024 at 4:43am
Morgan County authorities announced the identities of two people found dead at two separate locations on Jacksonville’s south side on Wednesday. Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson’s Office says that Jacksonville Police first located 28-year old Kyle Tribble of Jacksonville at his residence in the 1200 block of South East Street with serious injuries and was […]
Blankenship Announces Retirement From Winchester, Scott-Morgan Districts in Dec. 2025
By Benjamin Cox on December 12, 2024 at 11:02am
The Winchester and Bluffs School Districts will be losing their superintendent next year. Dr. Kevin Blankenship announced on Monday to the Bluffs School Board at their monthly meeting that he intends to retire in December 2025. Blankenship has been superintendent in Bluffs since 2012 and superintendent in a dual capacity since the retirement of David […]
Union CBAs Pass in Morgan County As New Commissioners Begin Work
By Benjamin Cox on December 12, 2024 at 8:38am
The Morgan County Commissioners unanimously passed two collective bargaining agreements with local unions on Monday morning. Commissioner Chair Mike Wankel says both union contracts held no surprises: “It was actually a very smooth process this year with the deputies. There was some verbiage that the county’s lawyer has cleaned up. That took a little time […]
Budzinski Grills Postmaster DeJoy on Downsize Plan That Would Eliminate USPS Springfield, Champaign Distribution Centers
By Benjamin Cox on December 12, 2024 at 8:30am
13th District Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski was one of more than a dozen lawmakers who questioned U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy on Tuesday during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing. Budzinski pressed DeJoy about his “Delivering for America Plan,” which proposes consolidating the Champaign and Springfield Processing and Distribution Centers in Illinois into the St. […]
Missouri Man Sentenced to Decade In Prison For I-72 Crash in Pike That Killed Two
By Benjamin Cox on December 12, 2024 at 5:10am
A Wellsville, Missouri, man has been sentenced to a decade in prison after his involvement that killed two women on Interstate 72 in Pike County last year. 68-year old Steven M. Harrison entered a negotiated plea of guilty yesterday to two counts of reckless homicide and one count of reckless driving. A charge of driving […]