Jacksonville, IL

The South Jacksonville board will be asked to approve the audit for 2025-26 tonight. The board is also expected to approve a new three way stop at Comfort Driver and Magnolia Drive behind Luv’s Truck Stop. Trustees are expected to change solicitation laws that would allow students to go door to door to raise money […]

Thursday, November 5 Schedule (Time Central) Jacksonville at Baltimore, 7:15 p.m.   Sunday, November 8 Schedule (All Times Central) Cincinnati at Atlanta, 8:30 a.m. Dallas at Indianapolis, noon New York […] The post Jacksonville Travels To Baltimore Tonight, NFL Schedule appeared first on Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3.

Voters in neighboring Sangamon and Pike counties decided several closely watched races Tuesday night, including a contested sheriff’s race, a county board seat tied to the ongoing data center debate, and an upset in a county clerk’s race. In Sangamon County, Republican Sheriff Paula Crouch won her first full term in office, defeating Democrat Marc […]

Despite a massive Democratic wave that swept across the country in Tuesday’s midterm elections, Downstate Illinois voters largely stuck with their Republican incumbents in Congressional races. Democrats captured control of both chambers of Congress nationwide, but Illinois’ 12th, 15th, and 16th Congressional Districts remained firmly in Republican hands. In the 15th District, Republican incumbent Mary […]

A technical issue with voting equipment from a Waverly precinct caused a brief delay in final election results being released in Morgan County Tuesday night. Morgan County Clerk Sherry Sills says the problem arose when equipment from Waverly Precinct 1 was brought in for tabulation at the Morgan County Courthouse. Sills says a thumb drive […]

Jacksonville motorists could be driving across the South Main Street Bridge again before Thanksgiving, but city officials say the timeline is not set in stone. The Jacksonville Journal-Courier reported Tuesday that the city is targeting November 19th to reopen South Main Street between Morton and Beecher Avenues. The roadway has been closed since June for […]

A former Winchester EMS employee and board member has pleaded guilty to three felony theft charges stemming from an investigation into the misuse of funds belonging to the Scott County emergency medical service. 48-year-old Jennifer J. McMillen of Winchester entered guilty pleas to two Class 2 felony counts of theft and one Class 3 felony […]

A Jacksonville man has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. 61-year-old Prince A. Stevenson was sentenced last Tuesday, in U.S. District Court in Springfield to 132 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Stevenson was also ordered to pay a $100 […]

A local man was sentenced to prison on a weapons charge yesterday afternoon. 29-year-old Cameron Shafer of Knollwood Way was given 2 years in prison for possession of a weapon by a felon. Shafer was arrested by Jacksonville police in late September, after he allegedly flashed a weapon in his belt. A witness reported it […]

The Illinois High School Association has scheduled one of its public meetings on drastic changes to rules, including football, at Jacksonville High School for this month. The meeting will be Wednesday, November 18th at 9 AM. The proposals include one in which there would be separate classes for public and private schools for 4 and […]