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Photo: Buying nature’s bounty
Shirley Gregory (left) of Gregory Orchard and Gardens in Lynnville sells potatoes and onions to Ruth Linear of Jacksonville Saturday at the Farmers Market in Lincoln Square Shopping Center....
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BLUFFS — Bluffs is getting a new store and a farmers market. Dollar Express store is expected to open in September or October, according to Mayor Linda Sapp. Sapp told the board the village had asked...
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Reader photo: Going for the gold
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Reader photo: Folk is in the air
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Commentary: Pain pills being over-prescribed
According to the American Association of Retired Persons, many Americans over age 50 are using narcotic pain pills in such high numbers that they may become addicted. According to the group’s June...
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Slices of Life: Life as an introverted Scandinavian
My husband and I recently made a happily anticipated purchase of a new summer water toy. We’d been looking forward to it for a long time and I was thrilled. I really was. When we went to pick up our...
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Upcoming Services for July 9
TODAY • Herron, Helen Bernice “Midge.” A memorial service 4 p.m. today at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Jacksonville. • Weldon, Karla (Hart). The family will receive friends 1-4 p.m. today at...
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The Jacksonville City Council will meet no later than 7 p.m. Monday in the council chambers immediately following a 6 p.m. workshop in the commission room to discuss an addition to the city’s...
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Woman unable to get out of house dies in fire
LOAMI — A Loami woman died Saturday in a fire at her residence. Barbara Smith, 66, of Loami was unable to get out of her house at 409 E. Center St. after it caught fire about 9 p.m. Saturday, according...
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Woman unable to get out of house dies in fire LOAMI — A Loami woman died Saturday in a fire at her residence. Barbara Smith, 66, of Loami was unable to get out of her house at 409 E. Center St. after...
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Civilian Conservation Corps camps left mark in region: Projects linger 75...
Few federal government programs in American history were as efficient and popular, with such long-lasting results, as the Civilian Conservation Corps. June 30 marked the 75th anniversary of the end of...
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Commentary: Court chips away at property rights
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s opinion for a 5-3 majority in the recently decided case of Murr v. Wisconsin continues the Supreme Court’s steady erosion of property rights. His embrace of yet another...
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Reader photo: Reaching out
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West-central counties see increase in births to unmarried women
The number of births to unmarried women showed significant increases in many west-central Illinois counties from 1999 to 2000 and 2009 to 2010. According to the Kids Count data released by The Annie E....
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Upcoming Services for July 10
TODAY (MONDAY) • Long, Carolyn Patricia (Fulton). 10 a.m. today at St. John Lutheran Church in New Berlin. McCullough-Delaney & Butler Funeral Home in New Berlin is in charge. • Otter, Robert “Bob”...
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TUESDAY • Prather, Virginia E. (Burnside). 10 a.m. Tuesday at Wood Funeral Home in Rushville. — WEDNESDAY • Bess, Ruth M. Graveside ceremony 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Woodwreath Cemetery in New Berlin....
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Woman, 85, seriously injured in US 67 crash
CARROLLTON — An 85-year-old Wrights woman was flown to a Springfield hospital with serious injuries after a collision between her van and a pickup truck pulling a trailer. Sheriff’s deputies were...
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City approves bonds for MacMurray project
The city council met Monday to discuss several small items, including the issuance and sale of economic development revenue bonds for MacMurray College. The $6 million in bonds come at no liability to...
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A smashing good time
McKynlee Peterson, 8, hits the ball Monday as Danny Kroemelbein (from back left), 8, Zachary Peters, 8, and Aaron Webber, 13, watch during a baseball game at Western Illinois Youth Camp. The camp runs...
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Police Beat
Morgan County Jacksonville Police ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Quantorius J. Courtney, 20, who is homeless, was booked into the Morgan County Jail at 11:04 p.m. Sunday on a charge of resisting a peace officer....
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