Competing Hospital/Healthcare Systems Release Letter to the Community as COVID Surge Continues
By Jeremy Coumbes on December 31, 2021 at 9:44am
Competing hospital systems came together in an unprecedented show of unity Tuesday to urge Illinoisans to stay the course to help an overwhelmed healthcare system. Central Illinois hospital and healthcare systems HSHS Illinois, Memorial Health, SIU School of Medicine, and Springfield Clinic released a joint “Letter to the Community” Thursday asking the public to please […]
Hamilton Chosen As Murphy Replacement in IL-99 District
By Benjamin Cox on December 30, 2021 at 7:19pm
The Sangamon County Republican Party has chosen a familiar face from local sports as the replacement for Mike Murphy’s unexpired term in Illinois’ 99th Legislative District in the General Assembly. Sandy Hamilton, a Springfield realtor and former head volleyball coach for Sacred Heart-Griffin, was chosen from among a field of three candidates at a public […]
Panel of 3 Fed Judges Upholds Democrats’ Remap of IL
By Benjamin Cox on December 30, 2021 at 5:55pm
Three combined lawsuits about the state’s new remap lost in federal court today. A panel of 3 federal judges ruled today that the suits brought by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Illinois GOP, and the East St. Louis chapter of the NAACP did not provide sufficient enough evidence of impropriety with […]
Information Released on Fatal Cass Co. Car Crash from Dec. 23
By Benjamin Cox on December 30, 2021 at 5:38pm
Information has been released about a fatal Cass County Car Crash from December 23rd. According to a Cass County Sheriff’s report, a call came into 9-1-1 dispatch at 7:34AM Thursday, December 23rd of a single vehicle in a ravine in rural Virginia. Upon arrival, sheriff’s deputies found a 2016 Volkswagen Jetta on the north side […]
Health Department Admin Says, Safe to Assume Omicron is in Morgan
By Jeremy Coumbes on December 30, 2021 at 1:50pm
The head of the Morgan County Health Department says Morgan County is in the middle of a strong surge of new cases of COVID-19 but is it Omicron? Health Department Administrator Dale Bainter says although there has not been an officially documented case here in Morgan County, the Omicron variant is already here. “We haven’t […]
Police Investigating Premeditated Morton Avenue Theft
By Jeremy Coumbes on December 30, 2021 at 1:33pm
Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Scott & Cass Counties are requesting information to assist the Jacksonville Police Department in their investigation of a recent theft. According to police, a Business in the 1200 block of West Morton made a report on Christmas Eve that an unknown subject used bolt cutters to damage an exterior fence sometime […]
Davis Talks Connections to Jacksonville, Congressional Office & Tour of District
By Benjamin Cox on December 30, 2021 at 12:09pm
An area Congressman is reacquainting himself with portions of the listening area, as he is likely to represent them in Congress a year from now. Current 13th District Congressman Rodney Davis says he’s been talking to constituents and old friends in the newly drawn 15th District over the last few weeks. He says it’s been […]
ILGA Cancels Session Days, More Days Likely to Be Nixed Due to Covid Uptick
By Benjamin Cox on December 30, 2021 at 10:30am
The Illinois General Assembly is canceling session days ahead of their return to session on Wednesday. WAND-TV reports that session days on Tuesday, January 4th and Thursday, January 6th session days are canceled. House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch and Senate President Don Harmon also said the following session week, Jan. 11 -13, is likely to […]
IDPH Begins Centralizing COVID Contact Tracing Efforts
By Benjamin Cox on December 30, 2021 at 10:01am
The Illinois Department of Public Health is centralizing COVID-19 contact tracing to get information about isolation and close contacts to infected people faster amid an increase in COVID-19 cases across the country. Starting Tuesday, all positive cases entered into the state’s data systems associated with a cell phone number will get an automated text message […]
Pike Co. Restaurants Lose Lawsuit Appeal Against Governor, IEMA
By Benjamin Cox on December 29, 2021 at 2:14pm
Members of the Pike County hospitality community lost an appeal in State Appellate Court yesterday. 15 various restaurants throughout the county filed a writ of mandamus naming Governor J.B. Pritzker and acting director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Alicia Tate-Nadeau as defendants. The petition alleged that, beginning in March 2020, to mitigate the spread […]