Upcoming Services
MONDAY • Miller, Michael W. Memorial Mass 10 a.m. Monday at Church of Our Saviour in Jacksonville. The family will meet friends 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Williamson Funeral Home, with a prayer service at...
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As rivers recede, another death from Midwest flooding
ST. LOUIS — A man has died after his vehicle was swept off a road near a flooded creek in southern Missouri, marking the 10th death blamed on flooding in the Midwest, authorities said Friday. The...
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Police Beat
Morgan County Jacksonville Police ACCIDENTS • John H. Upchurch, 22, of Arenzville was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after police say he failed to stop before hitting another...
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Reader photo: Letting go
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Downtown considered one of most charming in country
With its restaurants, activities and shops, Jacksonville’s downtown square once again has earned national recognition —this time as one of Best Value Schools’ top 30 Most Charming College Town Main...
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Senate trims cops’ immigration reach
The state Senate has passed a measure onto the House that would allow Illinois law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration law only under certain circumstances. Senate President John...
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Housing crisis sparks fears of an end for town
A government plan to tear down a crumbling public housing complex in the southern Illinois town of Cairo has sent roughly 200 families searching for new homes and sparked fears that the once-thriving...
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Hidden treasures: People dust off antiques to get an appraisal — and a few...
The stories were as different as they items they hauled in. The question was the same, though: How much is it worth? Dozens received an answer, with a few pleasantly surprised by antiques appraiser...
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MONDAY • Miller, Michael W. Memorial Mass 10 a.m. Monday at Church of Our Saviour in Jacksonville. The family will meet friends 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Williamson Funeral Home, with a prayer service at...
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Police Beat
Morgan County Sheriff ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Tammy L. Kneeling, 51, of Girard was booked into the Morgan County Jail at 10:37 p.m. Friday on a charge of driving while license revoked or suspended....
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Mansion wins amid Derby Day fun
Women in floppy hats and men in suits and bow ties strolled about the Gov. Duncan Mansion and its grounds Saturday, sipping mint juleps and watching the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby. It was...
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Reader photo: Rain for the roses
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Commentary: Politicians posture as industry crushed
A glimmer of hope flashes in the furnaces of TriALco. Located just outside of Ford Heights, one of the poorest areas in Illinois, Jay Armstrong has been running this small manufacturing business since...
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Slices of Life: Getting emotional for Emojis
You could say it started with the simple, round smiling yellow face back in the historic happy hippy days of the 1960s. It’s when Yellow Smiley was first created. Love, peace, smiles and all that jazz....
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Closeness of deadly drug raises unease
Law enforcement authorities say it’s likely just a matter of time before a dangerous new drug already responsible for two deaths in Sangamon County makes its way here. Carfentanil, an opioid analgesic...
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New Berlin teen dies in crash
A 16-year-old New Berlin girl died in a crash Sunday in Sangamon County. Madeline Finch, 16, of New Berlin was going west on Illinois Route 125 at Glick Road about 7:35 a.m. when her vehicle crossed...
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MONDAY • Miller, Michael W. Memorial Mass 10 a.m. Monday at Church of Our Saviour in Jacksonville. Williamson Funeral Home is in charge. • Steinkamp, Jase Lee Michael. Graveside services 11 a.m. Monday...
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Commentary: Pass the biscuits and the buck
Leave it to the language experts at England’s Oxford Dictionaries to come up with a two-word Word of the Year for 2016. Post-truth. Post-truth, explain the Oxford experts, is “defined as ‘relating to...
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The way we were: Former Pittsfield man was a Lincoln secretary
In the late 1840s, life was hard for the Pittsfield printer’s devil who eventually became a member of President Abraham Lincoln’s White House staff. John George Nicolay came to Pittsfield in 1848 to...
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School financial profiles good, but growth is slow
New state financial profiles show most west-central Illinois school districts are in good financial condition, although many have shown no growth or seen decreases in their ratings. Most of the...
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