Spfld Man Escapes Serious Injury in Single Vehicle Rollover Crash on Old Jacksonville Road

A former Greenfield baseball coach and IHSA official appeared in Greene County Court on Friday for a pretrial status hearing. 24 year old Austin L. Bishop of Greenfield faces a charge of unlawful grooming, stemming from an arrest by Greenfield Police and Greene County Sheriff’s Deputies in September 2021. According to charging documents filed in the case by the Greene County State’s Attorney’s Office at the time, Bishop is alleged to have requested nude photographs and videos of a juvenile via text messages.

Two area fire departments will be losing a wealth of knowledge and experience here in the next few months. New Berlin-Island Grove Fire Chief Steve Frank has decided to retire after 48 years of service. The announcement was made on the fire department’s Facebook Page last night. The White...

The Kenneth Acree murder trial may have reached its final continuance in Morgan County Court. Acree was in court Thursday on status after both the defense and state have been waiting for multiple search warrants get completed from AT&T Mobile for phone records needed for the case. State’s Attorney Gray...

Morgan County hits a milestone today. Morgan County was founded on January 31st, 1823, so this year marks its 200th Anniversary and county leaders plan to celebrate with different events all year long. According to the announcement late Monday, local historians will be presenting historic talks and walks on the...

The Village of South Jacksonville may have to consider raising water and sewer rates just as the treatment plant has come back online. Village President Dick Samples updated the Board of Trustees during committee of the whole Thursday night, that the village has been off of the line from the City of Jacksonville since last Friday.

The Carrollton School District recently removed a teacher from its online instruction program through a third party. According to the Greene Prairie Press, the Carrollton School District sent letters home to parents on January 19th notifying them that Kristy L. Sicard had been removed permanently as the district’s online math instructor. Sicard was employed through Chicago-based third party online vendor ELEVATE K-12. The district had been using the online vendor for math instruction after unsuccessfully finding a full-time in-person math instructor for the district.

The Winchester EMS had a good return of their annual fundraiser over the weekend. The 24th annual chili cook-off took place on Saturday. Twelve chili teams and six salsa teams were in the competition for top prizes in each category. The cook off had been on hold the last two...

Local unemployment rates in some counties appear to be heading in opposite directions. Morgan County’s unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percent from last month, down to 3.6% staying almost in line with national averages. Sangamon and Greene also saw declines from the previous month down to 3.6% and 3.9% respectively.

The Beardstown School Board has selected an interim Superintendent while they search for a permanent replacement of the late Michael Smith. The 55 year old Smith passed away suddenly on January 7th in Jacksonville. According to the Cass County Star Gazette, the Beardstown School Board named former Superintendent Reggie Clinton...

A pre-pandemic program aimed at giving assistance to the Jacksonville community returns to the Jacksonville Public Library today. The Community Intern Program officially restarts today at the library. Head Librarian Jake Magnusson says the program was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic and because of the shuttering of MacMurray College: “In the past, we had a relationship with MacMurray College when they had their social work program. We had a social work student here in the library to help people with some of those sorts of issues. When they closed, that program went away and that was kind of around the time that the Covid-19 pandemic began. Last year, we had a sociology student from Illinois College come in for a little while. That kind of ended up being around the time the library had some staff changes, so it kind of fell by the wayside also, so we are starting it up again.”

The Jacksonville J’ettes captured a state title over the weekend. The J’ettes won the Class 1A state competitive dance title at Bloomington on Saturday. The dance competition is divided into 3 classes. It’s believed to be the second ever state team title for JHS. The Crimsons volleyball team...

A Jacksonville area service group is kicking off its annual online fundraiser this week. The Rotary Club of Jacksonville’s Fabulous February Fun-raiser begins this Wednesday, February 1st. Organizers say the event will include daily auctions on the club’s Facebook page, “Rotary Club of Jacksonville #3227.” Auctions will begin on...