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One of Jacksonville’s most popular nightlife destination for the past 40 years is changing hands. Don’s Place, located at 207 West Morgan, has been a fixture for the last 4 decades in downtown Jacksonville. The legendary home of the Thursday night crab races has been officially owned by Danny Kindred since 1982.

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Beardstown resident Winiban Irigoyen, a Mount Sterling Dot Foods employee, was the overall winner in this year's 2022 Forklift National Competition.

A former Jacksonville businessman is shuffling locations of a popular restaurant in Springfield. Jose Lopez, owner of Casa Real, vacated Casa Real from 3100 West White Oaks Drive in Springfield’s west end in May and sold the property. According to the Springfield Business Journal, the property sold to Raising...

Jacksonville Correctional Center is paying close attention to its water this morning. WICS Newschannel 20 reports that legionella was found in one of the prison’s main water sources on Monday. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, there are no positive cases of Legionnaire’s Disease inside the prison at...

Jet Custom Tackle will be opening a new location on Main Street on Aug. 1.

LEWISTOWN — This year’s Fulton County Fair will be held Monday, July 25 through Saturday, July 30. The Queen Contest will kick off Grandstand events beginning Monday at 6:30 p.m. The cost to attend is $5. For a complete schedule, check out Facebook, Fulton County Fair, Lewistown, Illinois...

Friends of Rextoat Prairie is seeking entries for a photography competition that will run July 23-Aug, 6 at the cabins and praire in Virginia.

Two Jacksonville wrestlers will compete in one of the most prestigious high school tournaments in the nation this summer.

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Police, fire and other public safety reports from Jacksonville and the surrounding area.

Communities across the Jacksonville area are getting ready to celebrate the nation's independence in a big way.

After reaching the championship of the John A. Logan Classic Tournament this past weekend, the Vandals 17U baseball team will be at Jacksonville this weekend. The Vandals will play two games on Friday at 10 am and 2 pm and then two more first thing on Saturday at 8 am and 9:45 am. They are at the Future Champions Sports Complex in Jacksonville.

Gavin Arthalony of Ashland shot an 83 to win the 17-18 Boys Division of the annual Junior Golf Tournament at Country Hills Golf Course on Tuesday. Isaac Anderson of Jacksonville finished second in the division with an 88.

Phillip Wessel of Chandlerville is one of five people selected for the intensive United Soybean Board program and one of just two from Illinois; the other is from Hopedale. Joining them will be students from Stony Point, North Carolina; and Woodward and Delmar in Iowa.

Jacksonville Sunrise Rotary Club's ongoing Troopon campaign has collected more than $500,000 in coupons to be donated to military personnel.

The annual J'ettes Summer Dance Camp will round itself out with a recital at 10 a.m. today at 1211 N. Diamond St.

Jacksonville firefighters pulled 6-month-old Bruno from a cistern hidden underneath a porch.