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A boy was born to Meagan Marie Kramer of Quincy at 12:05 p.m. May 18, 2023. A girl was born to Blake and Amy Ruebush of Pittsfield at 3:28 p.m. May 20, 2023. A boy was born to Randall Moore of Maywood, Mo., and Shilbie Coole of Maywood, Mo., at 9:40 p.m. on May 28, 2023.

Cases filed during May 21-27, 2023. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. Roy Glasco, 28 of Carlinville, is charged with burglary without causing damage and criminal damage to property in connection with incidents taking place on May 12 and May 13.

The ocean, planets up close, sea creatures — all within reach. Lynn Herzberger, locally known as “moon man” for his various moon-themed creations, swaps his standard subject for a whale as he draws with chalk on the sidewalk in front of Our Town Books in downtown Jacksonville. He titled the finished piece “la blue.”

The Jacksonville Public Schools Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of this year’s scholarships and awards which are managed by the Foundation. The following Jacksonville High School seniors were selected through this year’s scholarship application process:. Bobby Hoffman Memorial Scholarship ($500 award) – Kellen Leifheit, Jacob Pool...

Bloomington Police have made an arrest stemming from a fatal shooting in November 2021. Police say detectives went to the Illinois Department of Corrections prison in Jacksonville on Thursday to serve arrest warrants for Osman “Gudda” McLaurin. McLauren, 26, faces murder and weapons charges in connection with the...

Stacker compiled statistics about where people in Pike County are looking to buy homes using cross-market demand and monthly inventory data from Realtor.com.

IL-EPA warning affects Adams and Pike Counties in West-Central Illinois. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in Springfield says that Adams and Pike Counties in West-Central Illinois will have to deal with un-healthy air until this evening. The EPA says that there are "unhealthy conditions" for sensitive groups for ozone until...

Ashley Conrad gets us ready for the first of Pike County’s two summer fairs as she runs down next week’s activities with Joe Collard, president of the Pike County Fair Board. You can also find a link to the fair schedule below. And Megan Duncan lets us know...

Participants have a chance to take a drive, learn about DUI procedures. Editor’s note: Citizen’s Police Academy is a weekly series by Julie Gerke, who is participating in the local 12-week class that educates adult students on the work and procedures of local law enforcement. After weeks of...

Jacksonville Police are investigating a hit and run from yesterday morning. A caller advised police at 3:12AM yesterday that they were awoken by a loud noise about an hour prior to the call after believing a vehicle drove into the side of their home in the first block of Westfair Drive.

PITTSFIELD, Ill. — The annual Marvin J. and Thomas Leo Likes Lecture Series will take place each Tuesday in June at 7 p.m., beginning June 6. With several years of online success, this year’s series will be held on Zoom. The Likes Lecture Series began in 2004 as...

ST. LOUIS -The St. Louis area avoided the top 25 most ozone-polluted cities list for the seventh consecutive year but still receives poor grades for overall air quality in a spring release by the American Lung Association. Madison and Jersey County both had low marks in the American Lung Association’s latest “State of the Air” report.

To the great people of Macoupin County. Although several months have past, the family of Bridget Drobney would like to extend their deepest gratitude for the overwhelming love and support that we received during the recent attempt to secure the release of one of Bridget’s rapist/murderers. We are truly grateful for the numerous letters that were written and sent to the Governor of our state, the Illinois Prison Review Board, and the personal outreach to our family; all of which demonstrated your unwavering love and support. Your efforts were instrumental in persuading the Governor and members of the Prison Review Board to deny clemency for Bridget’s murderer.

After a season plagued with bad luck at the Jacksonville Speedway, Paul Nienhiser was finally able to break through for his first feature win of 2023 this past Friday night in weekly 410 competition. However, the winning didn’t stop there. “It was great to finally get the monkey off...

The article discusses the beauty of birdsong, highlighting that not all beauty is visual. The author describes the various sounds made by different bird species, such as the wood thrush, house wren, song sparrow, house finch, catbird, brown thrasher, and Baltimore oriole. The wood thrush is described as having a haunting and melodious song that can be heard at dusk. The house wren is noted for its ability to sing up to 600 songs per hour, while the Baltimore oriole's call is described as "Here, here, come right here, dear."

Time is running out to apply for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program through the Two Rivers Regional Council of Public Officials. If you live in Adams, Brown, Pike, or Schuyler counties in Illinois you could be eligible for energy assistance. The LIHEAP program is income based. It provides...

Jacksonville Police responded to a shots fired incident on the city’s northeast side last night. The initial call was reported by a resident in the 700 block of Allen Avenue at 9:48PM Saturday. Upon arrival, police located a single bullet fired into the former Birdco Fabricators building in the 500 block of Allen Avenue.

The annual Waverly Community Picnic will be held July 27 through July 29 at Salter Park in Waverly, Illinois. The event will open Thursday at 6 p.m. with Conner Family Amusement rides for all ages and the Queen pageant at 7 p.m. On Friday, there will be carnival rides, bingo, food vendors and musical entertainment by Eskimo Brothers.

A Greene County woman is heading to prison on drug charges in Pike County. 35-year old Amanda K. Edwards of Roodhouse pleaded guilty to bringing a controlled substance into a penal institution on Tuesday in Pike County Circuit Court. Two other charges were dropped per the plea agreement. Edwards was...

The Jacksonville Public Library is gearing up for it’s youth summer reading program. Head Librarian Jake Magnuson says that the opening party is coming up in just a few weeks: “Youth services librarians have been working hard the past several months…more than that probably. The Summer Reading opening party is on June 13th. We have got a lot of activities, and crafts, and programs, and all sorts of stuff planned.”