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Carrollton has a new Chief of Police. The Greene Prairie Press reports that Chief Mike McCartney abruptly retired from the position on January 27th. According to the report, McCartney was offered a position to work campus security at Principia College. McCartney had been police chief in Carrollton since November 1, 2020.

An area school district will need to begin searching for a new superintendent. Andrea Guerrero informed the Waverly School Board in January that she will be stepping down from the position at the end of June. According to a report by the Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Guerrero has already turned in her...

A Sangamon County woman was arrested on an active Morgan County warrant in Springfield this week. According to a release by Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell this afternoon, on Tuesday the Sheriff’s Office DIRT Team initiated a traffic stop of a white Hyundai passenger car in the 400 block of North Grand Avenue just after 5 pm.

Motions filed in a case against two Springfield EMTS accused of first-degree murder say that false statements have been made to investigators and one of the EMTs are alleged to have tried to influence the statements of a Springfield Police officer. Sangamon County State’s Attorney Dan Wright’s motions claim that...

Time is running out to submit nominations to the Jacksonville Area Hall of Fame. After more than a decade, a new class will be induced to the hall this year, and the Jacksonville Area Hall of Fame Board is making a last call to ensure every possible nominee is considered.

The Village of South Jacksonville joined a growing number of entities to ban a popular social media app. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a new employee manual for the Village during its regular February meeting last night. The updated manual has been in the works for a...

Popular Jacksonville photographer Cory Garner is moving to a location on the former MacMurray College campus. In an announcement on the ElCrow Photography & Design Facebook Page this afternoon, Garner says that he is partnering with the new owners of the Midwest Athletic Center, John & Rachel Rohn, to move his photography business into a larger space in the center. The MAC, as its called, is the former Bill Wall Gymnasium of MacMurray College.

The discovery of a vehicle in a field led to the detainment of a juvenile in Pike County this week. According to a report by Pike County Sheriff David Greenwood this afternoon, at 7:13 Wednesday morning the Pike County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to a rural area located between Nebo and Pearl after they received a report of a suspicious vehicle that had been left in a field.

A Christmas miracle came to the Jacksonville Salvation Army on Tuesday. The annual red Kettle Campaign officially ended on Tuesday ahead of its $150,000 goal. Captain Chris Clarke says an anonymous donor came through at the last minute: “The amazing thing is on Monday, a day before the campaign ended, we got a call from a very generous donor, a friend of the Salvation Army. They asked how much we were short. It was almost $8,000 at that point. They actually wrote us a check right down to the penny of what we needed on Monday. Then, on Tuesday, which was the last day of the campaign, we receive some more checks. We were actually able to exceed our goal by a little over $4,400.”

The New Berlin School District has announced that James Dambacher will be their new Head Football Coach. Pending board approval on February 16th, Dambacher will take over after former head coach Seth Hill resigned in December to spend more time with his family. Dambacher is a 2010 graduate of Auburn...

The Eat, Drink, Win promotion from the Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce returned today and will run through the end of the month. Chamber President Lisa Musch says the contest that will land lucky winners a $100.00 chamber check is a great way to support local bars and restaurants. “February is a bit of a slower time for those establishments after the holidays and with colder weather, so we’re trying to do something just to promote them and to remind you to continue to support local. Our community has been so great at doing that already.”

Tonight, we stay in Jacksonville for a couple of games. On WLDS, we are at the JHS Bowl, where Southeast plays JHS. The pregame begins at 6:45. On WEAI, we are at the Dome, where Routt welcomes in Greenfield-Northwestern. The pregame show starts at 7:05. Elsewhere, Carrollton comes to West...

Multiple people were injured in a chain reaction of vehicle crashes this morning on Interstate 72. Illinois State Police and EMS personnel responded to three separate crashes that occurred near milepost 7 in Pike County. According to a preliminary report by the Illinois State Police, just before 7:30 this morning,...