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Merritt-Exeter, Lynnville Leaving South Jacksonville Water Service
The Village of South Jacksonville’s water system will have a lighter load to bare once it returns to service. Village President Dick Samples told the Board of Trustees last night that the Scott-Morgan-Greene Water Co-Op recently reached out to him and have asked permission to supply the water for the Merritt-Exeter Water Co-Op and to the Village of Lynnville: “[Scott-Morgan-Greene] is not physically managing them or anything else. They are just simply supplying the water to the Merritt-Exeter Co-Op and then also to the Village of Lynnville. They simply can quit our service or we can quit them with a 30-day notice.”
Nichols Park Pool To Remain Closed For the Summer
The Nichols Park Pool will not open this summer. The Jacksonville City Council came to that quiet consensus Monday night after hearing from engineers from Benton & Associates and the Jacksonville Parks Department. Benton & Associates Chairman Reggie Benton told the Jacksonville City Council that a major malfunction with the...
Blues-Funk and Giving Back Round Out Second to Last Downtown Concert Tonight
Six down and only two to go. The sounds of blues funk will echo throughout downtown Jacksonville tonight as a staple of the Chicago music scene takes the stage. Maurice John Vaughn with the Freddie Dixon Band goes on at 7:00 tonight as the Jacksonville Main Street Summer Concert Series begins to wind down for the year.
New High School Building Proposal Appears To Be Off the Table After Community Survey Results
A proposal for a brand new high school building for the Winchester School District appears to be off the table. Members of St. Louis-based marketing and research firm Creative Entourage Research presented the results of a community-wide survey conducted over the last two months to the Winchester School Board on Tuesday night.
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