Editorial: Real ID push for safety or bureaucracy?
Chances are you have heard at least a mention in the past few weeks about the Real ID Act and what it will mean to travel in Illinois. In the event it hasn’t been a water-cooler topic in between the...
View ArticleFirst baby of 2016 born at Passavant
Emmet Eugene Brown is the first newborn at Passavant Area Hospital in 2016. He was born at 3:19 a.m. Monday and weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces. Parents are Haley and Richard Brown of Jacksonville. Emmet...
View ArticleJacksonville wins Levitt Amp grant
Jacksonville has won the Levitt Amp Grant Award that will help fund a 10-week music festival. Jacksonville, one of 25 top finalists in the online voting competition, placed among municipalities such as...
View ArticleLottery results
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — These Illinois lotteries were drawn Tuesday: LuckyDay Lotto Midday 09-11-25-28-32 Pick Three-Midday 7-6-7, Fireball: 8 Pick Three-Evening 6-7-9, Fireball: 6 Pick Four-Midday 0-2-2-8,...
View ArticlePolice Beat
Morgan County Jacksonville Police ACCIDENTS • Camille M. Foiles, 20, of Jacksonville was cited on charges of operating an uninsured motor vehicle and following too closely after her vehicle and another...
View ArticleCommentary: Acolyte’s hand puppet steals sermon
For a short time in 1937, I served as an acolyte at Trinity Church, where George Stoddard Patterson was rector. It was Thanksgiving afternoon of that year when my brother Jerry, a member of the church...
View ArticleCommentary: How borderlands causing damage
Today, more than 650 miles of border walls and barriers have been constructed in all four southern border states: California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. The Sierra Club Borderlands campaign has...
View Article$408M spending in austere times questioned
Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to borrow nearly half a billion dollars for road, bridge and other construction money. While Democrats don’t seem to be taking the Republican governor to task for borrowing when...
View ArticleReader photo: On the rocks
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View ArticleCity among winners of summer concert series
Through the efforts of Jacksonville Main Street — and thanks in large part to massive online voting — the city can expect a 10-week music festival paid in part by a grant from the Mortimer and Mimi...
View ArticleEditorial: The bloated state of the state warrants serious discussion
Bloated and inefficient. This is not an editorial about most of us on Jan. 1. It is about this government-heavy state — which has more governmental units than anyone else, from school, park and library...
View ArticleBaby new year: South Jacksonville couple welcome Passavant’s first infant of...
Haley and Richard Brown say they are more prepared to be parents this time around. Haley Brown gave birth to 8-pound, 6-ounce Emmet Eugene Brown at 3:19 a.m. Monday, making Emmet the first born at...
View ArticleFeds agree to force changes in electric-capacity prices
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wants to see some changes in how electricity prices are set for consumers in Illinois. The commission says it agrees with Attorney General Lisa Madigan that the...
View ArticleEditorial: Out through the in door: State shrinking
In the words of the great philosopher William Joel, “mama, if that’s movin’ up, then I’m movin’ out.” And in Illinois, that’s what people are doing — by the thousands. United Van Lines’ annual look at...
View ArticlePhoto: Unexpected hospital visit
No one was injured Wednesday when this 2008 Chevrolet pickup truck struck the southwest side of Passavant Area Hospital about 12:30 p.m. Jacksonville police said the driver, Ratio Dawson, 69, of...
View ArticleCommentary: Setting higher goals for the year
We hear the same message a lot this time of year. Put the past behind. Look to the future. Let bygones be bygones. Make a new commitment. Claim the new you in the new year. We determine to lose weight....
View ArticlePhoto: Tile turners
Norma Moreland of Jacksonville (left) plays Rummikub on Wednesday with Janet Legg of Jacksonville (foreground) and Mildred Gray of South Jacksonville at the Community Park Center, which hosts...
View ArticlePike considers suing state over funding
PITTSFIELD — Pike County officials are considering joining a growing number of counties suing the state over money being withheld because of an ongoing budget impasse. Pike County State’s Attorney...
View ArticleMotion for time credit in murder case denied
A judge has denied a request to allow time spent under house arrest to count toward a Jacksonville man’s murder sentence. The attorney for Robert Heitbrink of Jacksonville, who was convicted in October...
View ArticleCops see more expired stickers after notices stop
The elimination of license plate renewal notices have led to some west-central Illinois police stopping more drivers but not necessarily writing more tickets. In the fall, the Illinois Secretary of...
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