Jerseyville News

Dean and Rita Heneghan of Jerseyville celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with an outdoor dinner party hosted by their children and family July 11 at their farm in Kane.

The parents of Cassi Lenea Bohannon are announcing her engagement and approaching August marriage to Jason Thomas Kuehnel.

A DUI charge against a Jerseyville man, which stemmed from a traffic crash last month that injured a woman, could be upgraded to a felony, Jersey County State's Attorney Ben Goetten said Tuesday.

The heart of America is in small towns across the country and Fieldon is no exception.

Carrollton Bank CEO Tom Hough has been elected to serve as chairman of the Illinois Bankers Association for the 2009-2010 term.

A southwestern Illinois woman is accused of causing the heroin death of a 23-year-old man.

Authorities filed charges of drug-induced homicide Tuesday against a 25-year-old woman in the death of a 23-year-old Jerseyville man.

Since re-opening last July, new owner Elaine McCoy has seen business steadily pick up at the newly refurbished shop and gas station.

The parents of Krista Leigh Smith are announcing her engagement and approaching marriage to Chad Michael Aljets.

A break in the weather this month allowed some Illinois farmers an opportunity to wrap up corn planting, with soybeans not that far behind.

Over Labor Day weekend there is a Victorian festival held on the sprawling acres at the Fulkerson Mansion in Jersey County, just outside of Jerseyville, Illinois.

Lynne Ann Brown and Edward Earl Morris are residing in Dow following their wedding May 9, 2009, at the Holiday Inn in Alton.

Fans of all ages braved the oppressive heat and threat of rain Saturday to enjoy a variety of bands at Jerseyville's sixth annual State Street Music Festival.

A Jerseyville woman was held Thursday on $250,000 bond, accused of trying to kill a Fieldon man by stabbing him in the neck in Carrollton last weekend.

U.S. Cellular donated more than $250,000 to Illinois teachers this spring to fund classroom needs.

Interim Police Chief Kevin Schmieder remains a full-time patrolman in addition to his administrative appointment by city officials.

City officials are getting closer to approving a 2009-2010 fiscal budget. Finance and Budget Committee Chairman Bob Smith reported the committee's recommendations to the City Council for their consideration based on a pair of two-hour committee meetings during the last week.

The survivors of a Jerseyville man killed in a drunken driving crash in late 2006 have settled their case with an insurance company for $480,000. The money will help support the victim's 3-year-old daughter, Jaleigh Smith, in the absence of the child's father, according to Joseph E. Hoefert of Alton, the attorney for the estate of Keith Smith, 28.

The dawn of refined retail rose in this tourist town with the opening of Dawn of Creation, a boutique-style art shop.

Laborers work on construction to the Jersey County Jail in Jerseyville Friday morning.