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Experts say keep food safety on menu
Summertime brings cookouts and with that, health officials say, should be more awareness of the proper food preparation. “With the warm weather, food safety is a big concern because with the warm...
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Meredosia board discusses office space
With the closing of the elementary school in Meredosia, the question is now becoming where to put offices for the school’s principal and district superintendent. The school board spent much of the time...
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Commentary: Uncomfortable talk, uncomfortable tax
Tax relief is sailing through the legislature. Property taxes? Income taxes? Gasoline taxes? Nope. Not yet. But it looks like we are heading toward eliminating the tampon tax. The measure passed out of...
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Time waning for plans to reform state’s budget
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vision of a grand two-year budget compromise with Illinois lawmakers is diminishing as the clock ticks down on this year’s legislative session. The Republican has asked for...
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The way we were: Former Pittsfield man served as 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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Police Beat
2 being sought in home invasion Police are looking for two men after a home invasion robbery at a West Independence Street residence. Authorities said a 57-year-old woman reported that the two entered...
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Art show helps release emotions
Artwork that decorated the Garrison Alternative School cafeteria wall Monday as part of the school’s first Garrison Staff and Student Art Show created its own picture — one of determination. Students...
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Police Beat
Morgan County Sheriff ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Nathan A. Henson, 31, of 305 E. Elm St., Waverly, was booked into the Morgan County Jail about 8:30 a.m. Monday on a charge of violating probation or...
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Reader photo: No-barking zone
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Gas prices on rise across state
Average retail gasoline prices in Illinois rose 5 cents a gallon in the past week, averaging $2.35 on Monday, according to a daily survey of 4,378 gas outlets in Illinois. This compares with the...
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Students donate college cast-offs as school year ends
Futons, mini-refrigerators, golf clubs and even a Captain America costume were among the items discarded by Illinois College students at the end of the school year. But those and hundreds of other...
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State fair concert tickets on sale Saturday
Tickets for Illinois State Fair grandstand concerts will go on sale on Saturday at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. A discount ticket package, called the Country Concert Blowout, is being offered again...
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Editorial: Circumventing the rules of negotiation not in state’s interest
Like most bad late-night movies that center on the main character coming back from the dead, lawmakers have resurrected a proposal to strip the governor of his mandated authority to negotiate a...
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Commentary: Let’s not plan to commit war crimes
Seventy years ago, the victorious Allies created an unprecedented legal system to deal with the criminal wartime behavior of the Nazis. Nothing like the International Military Tribunal, which met in...
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Less fertilizer in Illinois River, good news for Gulf
The flow of nitrates from farm fertilizer and treated wastewater into the Illinois River that contributes to a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico has fallen, a new study says. Researchers believe one...
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Chief fired up as range, center near reality
Jacksonville Police Chief Tony Grootens is excited about a building project he believes will serve as a training base for law enforcement officers from across west-central Illinois for many years....
View ArticleIllinois Lottery
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — These Illinois lotteries were drawn Tuesday: LuckyDay Lotto Midday 01-21-35-38-43 Pick Three-Midday 1-0-9, Fireball: 2 Pick Three-Evening 4-8-0, Fireball: 4 Pick Four-Midday 4-0-0-7,...
View ArticleUpcoming Services (May 18)
TODAY (WEDNESDAY) • Stafford, Mary Edna. 11:30 a.m. today at James O’Donnell Funeral Home in Hannibal. Family and friends are invited to Mary’s Life Celebration and a visitation from 10:30 a.m. today...
View ArticleSurgeons joining Rushville clinic
RUSHVILLE — Starting in June, Springfield Clinic will add a team of general surgeons at Culbertson Outpatient Specialty Clinic. Doctors Michael N. Fenner, Daniel M. Hallam and Abigail White will...
View ArticleStrawn heads back to class as school lets out
Schools in the region are nearing summer break, but the Art Association of Jacksonville is simply gearing up for its next round of art classes at the David Strawn Art Gallery. An adult workshop on...
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