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Sports complex nearing completion
Workers are putting the finishing touches on a 22,000-square-foot sports complex that, among other things, will feature an indoor golf center, two multisport courts and a 100-meter, three-lane track in...
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Commentary: Money at heart of home-sharing fight
A holiday in the hospital can deaden one’s soul. It doesn’t matter if you’re a patient or a visitor. It doesn’t matter how kind and caring the nurses are. The fluorescent lights, the dry air, the...
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Commentary: Others serve validation of hope
Last Friday, I worked as a volunteer, along with dozens of our Jacksonville neighbors, at the annual Salvation Army Thanksgiving dinner in the basement of Grace United Methodist Church. My station was...
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Photo: Fighting the flames
Firefighters from several departments spent most of Wednesday battling a fire at a rural Ashland residence. Ashland firefighters were called about 11 a.m., when someone smelled smoke, and remained on...
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District looks at options for property uses
Jacksonville School District 117 officials are looking at options for property the district has bought adjacent to Lincoln Elementary School. The board approved the purchase last month of a building...
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Awareness makes a difference for girl living with rare brain disorder
Bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria. Most have never heard of it. Neither had Carol and Stan Drainer of Jerseyville until their daughter, Tess, was diagnosed with the disorder. Tess, 11, was born 16...
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Retailers hopeful for Small Business Saturday
For many small and independent businesses, the big start to the holiday shopping season comes today. The marketing campaign known as Small Business Saturday, now in its seventh year, is expected to...
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Santa arrives in Jacksonville
Hundreds of parents and excited children greeted the jolly old man from the North Pole Friday evening as he arrived on the downtown Jacksonville square. Santa was the guest of honor in the annual...
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(AP) — These Illinois lotteries were drawn Friday: LuckyDay Lotto Midday 02-08-14-25-45 Pick Three-Midday 0-3-0, Fireball: 8 Pick Three-Evening 6-1-6, Fireball: 4 Pick Four-Midday 3-6-5-0, Fireball: 6...
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Canine officer’s kennel broken into
CARLINVILLE — A would-be burglar nearly fought the law, but fortunately for the thief the law wasn’t home. The Macoupin County Sheriff’s Department is investigating what it said was the possible...
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Illinois deer harvest numbers predictably down
Numbers released by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources indicate that preliminary deer harvest county counts are down for the first week of firearm season in the state. A total of 54,452 deer...
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Police Beat
Morgan County Sheriff ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Robert A. Warcup, 29, of 320 E. Beardstown St., Virginia, was booked into the Morgan County Jail at 7:13 p.m. Thursday on charges of filing a false report of...
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Upcoming Services (Nov. 26)
TODAY (SATURDAY) • Cunningham, Shirley Mae (Farrell). A Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. today at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Jerseyville. Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville is in charge. •...
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Police Beat
Morgan County Jacksonville Police ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Jebediah S. Miller, 38, of 908 E. Lafayette Ave. was arrested about 10:10 p.m. Friday on charges of driving while license suspended and operating...
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Editorial: Real stigma of homelessness comes from ignoring it
Sometimes it’s bad luck or bad choices. Sometime it’s bad associations or bad health, coupled with bad or no insurance. Bad bets. Addiction. Stubborn rejection of available aid or of common-sense...
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Commentary: The changing face of Syria
I twice visited Syria with a group of college professors sponsored by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Each time, we traveled freely throughout the country between the Golan Heights in the...
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Report says foster parents helping reunite families
Illinois has 15,000 children in foster care, and a new report highlights the connection between foster families and getting those kids back at home with their parents. According to the Annie E. Casey...
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Reader photo: Flower power
Purple and blue hydrangea hang on against the changing seasonal elements in South Jacksonville. .neFileBlock { margin-bottom: 20px; } .neFileBlock p { margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; } .neFileBlock .neFile {...
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Pipeline protesters given exit deadline
North Dakota officials are encouraging hundreds of Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters to respect a directive to leave a sprawling, months-old encampment on federal land, but one organizer says that...
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Helping the helpers: Crisis Center offers hope amid domestic violence
Some have had to reduce hours or services and others are using reserve funds to continue. Although these groups receive funding from Prairieland United Way, those funds are also limited and were...
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