South Jacksonville News

Eighty round bales of hay were destroyed by fire Saturday, but area firefighters were able to keep the blaze from spreading to 50 to 60 hay bales nearby.

The Jacksonville High School Bowl will be open for walkers 7 a.m.-1 p.m. beginning Monday.

Here are the times and dates for towns and events in our area. October 29, 2008 - 6:07PM Jacksonville and South Jacksonville : today and Friday until 9 p.m. Children 12 and under.

Congratulations are in order for five communities in Western Illinois who are now the most recent recipients of the Governor's Hometown Awards.

Boil order in Alsey and Glasgow still in effect. September 25, 2008 - 5:52PM A boil order for PHILLIPS FERRY ROAD has been lifted.

Passing motorists attempted to douse blaze with garden hose before firefighters arrived.

Due to a water main break, the Village of South Jacksonville Water Department has issued a boil order for Phillips Ferry Road, starting at the village treatment plant and then all customers west to Ill.

South Jax supports hotel tax hike: But village wants to revisit issue in 6 months Aug.

'I thought they were gone forever' July 6, 2008 - 12:01AM BY MARIA NAGLE Stacey Penner had given up hope of ever seeing irreplaceable photographs she had of her son, which she carried in her purse following his ...

Approval of a $2.67 million budget highlighted Thursday night's meeting of the South Jacksonville Village Board.

Christopher Walker first up; co-defendant Michael Buss expected to follow. July 2, 2008 - 12:03PM BY MARIA NAGLE A jury trial for one the men accused of the murder of a Pawnee man, whose body was found in ...

John Clancy pleads guilty to various felonies; gets additional prison time. July 1, 2008 - 1:32PM BY MARIA NAGLE A South Jacksonville teen sentenced last week to prison now faces a total of six years in prison ...

The appointment of a new village employee and passage of an ambulance ordinance highlighted Thursday night's meeting of the South Jacksonville Village Board.

May 23--A Jacksonville teen allegedly ran a red light at Morton and Hardin avenues Friday afternoon and struck a moving Kubota tractor.

"Gardening is my passion. It keeps me young, " says Linda Dunham, of South Jacksonville, as she browses through herbs Thursday afternoon at the Morgan County Garden Club's biannual perennial plant sale in the ... via Journal-Courier.net

Fifth-graders from South Jacksonville Elementary gather around a river simulator to see how a levee would fail during high water. via Journal-Courier.net

South Jacksonville Police Chief Richard Evans said that residents should not to be alarmed if they see flames Tuesday morning at Illinois Propane, located at Southbrooke Road and South Main Street in the ... via Journal-Courier.net

“The Gulfco operation will continue to deliver the high level of customer service that they are known for.”

Equity firm buys most of Life of the South [Jacksonville] Life of the South Corp. via Jacksonville Business Journal