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State reading initiative launching in region
MOUNT STERLING — Mount Sterling will host the 2016 launch of the Illinois Reads initiative, a statewide program designed to encourage literacy. The program promotes reading for people of all ages,...
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Editorial: New year will bring new laws for Illinoisans
It might feel as though the only thing taking place in the state’s capital this year has been a tug-of-war over a budget. That’s largely right, but lawmakers have still managed to slide through a...
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Small, yet valuable
It’s shiny and weighs 1 ounce. And it’s become an annual gift to The Salvation Army in Jacksonville. An unidentified donor placed a newly minted U.S. Liberty gold coin valued at just more than $1,000...
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IC to firm global initiative in Cuba
Illinois College President Barbara Farley and a team from the school will travel to Cuba in January to sign a long-term collaboration agreement between the college and the University of Pinar del Rio...
View ArticleUpcoming Services (Dec. 23)
TODAY (WEDNESDAY) • Coulson, Tom. Visitation 3-6 p.m. today at Niebur Funeral Home in Pittsfield. Services will be at a later date. • DeCroix, Charles J. Memorial services 11 a.m. today at Wood Funeral...
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Funnel cloud spotted near Meredosia
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning until 4:45 p.m. for northwestern Morgan and southwestern Cass counties. At 4:30 p.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was...
View ArticleLottery results
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — These Illinois lotteries were drawn Wednesday: LuckyDay Lotto Midday 07-08-21-28-44 Pick Three-Midday 8-2-2, Fireball: 3 Pick Three-Evening 5-9-2, Fireball: 4 Pick Four-Midday...
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Police Beat
Morgan County Jacksonville Police ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Anthony L. Banks Jr., 18, of 214 E. Greenwood Ave. was arrested about 1:25 a.m. Wednesday on a charge of manufacture or delivery of cannabis and...
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Reader photo: Bird on a wire
Beverly Watkins | Reader photo A cardinal sits on a barbed-wire fence in rural Roadhouse. .neFileBlock { margin-bottom: 20px; } .neFileBlock p { margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; } .neFileBlock .neFile {...
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Simulation follows critically ill patient from home to ICU
More than 50 people from Memorial Medical Center and Southern Illinois University School of Medicine participated in an exercise that followed a critically ill patient from the moment he called for...
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Rebuilding a landmark: 1827 cabin finds a new home in South Jacksonville
An 1827 building known as the Haskell Cabin, which stood south of Exeter for several generations, is being reconstructed on the Prairie Land Heritage Museum grounds in South Jacksonville. Prairie Land...
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CDC confirms tainted cider caused outbreak
PITTSFIELD — Unpasteurized apple cider was the cause of an outbreak that sickened more than a hundred people who took part in a Pike County fall festival, officials officials now confirm. Health...
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Feds charge Virginia man in child porn case
VIRGINIA — Authorities are asking a judge to keep a Virginia man in federal custody after his home was raided this week as part of a child pornography investigation. The man, a registered sexual...
View ArticleUpcoming Services (Dec. 24)
TODAY (THURSDAY) • Prather, Tami J. 10:30 a.m. today at the Wood Funeral Home in Rushville. • Pyatt, Zachery A. Graveside rites 11 a.m. today at Eldred Memorial Gardens Cemetery near Eldred....
View ArticleSports fantasy betting illegal gambling, state says
Online fantasy sports contests offered by FanDuel and DraftKings “clearly constitute gambling” and are illegal under state law, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in an opinion issued this...
View ArticleLottery results
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — These Illinois lotteries were drawn Thursday: LuckyDay Lotto Midday 16-22-23-24-31 Pick Three-Midday 0-8-2, Fireball: 0 Pick Four-Midday 8-3-5-2, Fireball: 0 Mega Millions Estimated...
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Police Beat
Morgan County Jacksonville Police ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Joe R. Simmons, 29, of 32B Gettysburg Drive was booked into the Morgan County Jail about 4:25 p.m. Wednesday on a theft charge. • Rebecca L....
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Commentary: The words may have to wait today
If you are reading this on Friday morning, Dec. 25, I’m flattered. You may be one of the dozen or so readers of this column today. I arrived at that figure by simple elimination. There are many...
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Moving out: 105,000 lost to other states
The door to Illinois continues to swing outward more often than it does inward. New information released by the U.S. Census bureau showed that in terms of domestic migration — people moving about...
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Reader photo: Still blooming
John Hayter | Reader photo Reader John Hayter says this Christmas cactus has been in his family for 75 years and never fails to bloom for Christmas. .neFileBlock { margin-bottom: 20px; } .neFileBlock p...
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