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Police Beat
Morgan County Sheriff ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Dustin M. Nave, 20, of Versailles was booked into the Morgan County Jail about 1:10 a.m. Wednesday on charges of criminal sexual abuse,...
View ArticleNational Camp Invention coming to town
A national camp will be coming to MacMurray College for the first time for elementary students to learn about the scientific and mathematics fields. Camp Invention is a week-long camp where students...
View ArticleFling: In Brief
Symphony wraps up season of connections The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will wrap up its “Connections” season with a “Collaborative Connections” concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Illinois College’s...
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Having a ball before finals
Students participate in a heated game of “Bubble Soccer” Wednesday at the Highland Games, a fun day of activities for students to enjoy before studying for finals. Other fun activities included paint...
View ArticleUpcoming Services (April 28)
TODAY (THURSDAY) • Barlick, Wanda M. (Farley). Visitation 5-7 p.m. today at Staab Funeral Home. • Carmean, Mildred I. “Bob.” Visitation 1-2 p.m. today at Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in White Hall, with...
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FRIDAY • Millner, Vivian D. 11 a.m. Friday at Buchanan & Cody Funeral Home in Virginia. The family will meet friends from 10 a.m. Friday until the time of services at the funeral home. • Pruden,...
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Advocates fear chaos after Rauner home health care ruling
SPRINGFIELD — Gaileen Roberts’ daughter Jody has cerebral palsy, is quadriplegic and developmentally delayed. But she can live at home because her mother earns a taxpayer-subsidized $13 an hour as her...
View ArticleField day to cover invasive species
As spring arrives and plants begin to grow, some plants may be fighting for nutrients being kept from them by species that are not native to this area. A series of activities and presentations Saturday...
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Curb appeal
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Lofty work
Marvin Fenton of Pulliam Masonry in Springfield grinds out old mortar Thursday from the exterior wall of the First Presbyterian Church steeple on West College Avenue. Pastor Thom Nelson said workers...
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Tune-up time
Rick Northrop (left) and his father, Terry Northrop, owner and operator of Terry Northrop Garage at 836 Hardin Ave., work Thursday on a 1951 Mercury engine in a chopped 1931 Ford Model A pickup truck...
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Fire truck, water meters on trustees’ minds
A new fire truck and a new water meter system highlighted discussions Thursday night during two South Jacksonville Village Board committee meetings. Public Protection Committee members talked about...
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SATURDAY • Baldwin, Peggy (Stockton). A Celebration of Life service 1 p.m. Saturday at Modesto Christian Church in Modesto. Stults-Neece Chapel in Palmyra is in charge. • Castella, Jimmielyn Marie...
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Radio Shack repaying uncashed rebates
Radio Shack will give up $140,000 in uncashed rebates owed to more than 5,000 Illinois residents, according to state Treasurer Michael Frerichs. Frerichs said rebates checks are unclaimed property if...
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State weighs college aid for students in US illegally
Laura Vivaldo considers herself fortunate among her Illinois college classmates who are in the U.S. illegally and struggle to pay tuition because they don’t qualify for state or federal financial aid....
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Reader photo: Slow and steady
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Board to review 15 conditions for medical marijuana
Illinois patients who want to use medical marijuana legally will try again to expand the program to include chronic pain, diabetes, migraine and other health conditions. Monday’s meeting of the state’s...
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LaHood plans meetings to address opioids issue
Congressman Darin LaHood will be hosting a series of roundtable forums in Peoria, Springfield and Quincy to address the growing number of deaths caused by overdoses of heroin and synthetic opioids,...
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Photo: Power play
Corey Reif of Jacksonville buys a lottery ticket Friday at the Shell station at Westgate and West Morton avenues. The jackpot for tonight’s Powerball game rose to $314 million Friday after no one...
View ArticleUniversity lays off a third of its staff
Chicago State University on Friday said more than 300 employees are being laid off, a dramatic downsizing a week after the school received some long-awaited money from the state. The layoffs — which...
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