Jacksonville News

Friday, Sep 5, 2008 * From an e-mail Please join us in welcoming Jim Watson home from Iraq! A Welcome Home Celebration and Salute to Our Troops is planned for this Sunday, September 7, from 1 to 4 p.m. at ...

A displaced fire victim is searching for temporary housing. Joan Coleman, whose home at 701 S. Church St.

Jacksonville Police and the Illinois State Fire Marshal's office are investigating a Tuesday night fire at a Jacksonville residence while the resident was not home.

A home at 701 S. Church St. caught fire about 2:30 p.m. Monday. No one was injured in the blaze that started in a back closet room of the residence according to Jacksonville Fire Department Captain Bryan McGee.

Jacksonville High School quarterback Blake Schnitker rushed six times for 130 yards with three touchdowns and also passed for 180 yards and a TD to lead the Crimsons to a season-opening 35-0 football victory ...

Gone were the heavy winter coats, scarves, knit hats and gloves. Donned in lightweight, traditional Ethiopian dress, Amare Gizaw and Dorothy Amare cheered Saturday as presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama ...

Former Naval Hospital Jax Commanding Officer Capt. Raquel Bono, left, watches as American Legion 5th District President Sylvia Curnutte, right, demonstrates the Spinoza Bear for 7-year-old twin sisters, ...

A Jacksonville man Tuesday pleaded guilty to a lesser robbery charge and will be sentenced next month.

The final push in raising money for a skatepark in Jacksonville kicks off Wednesday with raffle contest.

A family's concern for a Morgan County man missing since Saturday morning turned to grief Monday afternoon when his body was found in the Illinois River.

Jacksonville High School was on lockdown Monday afternoon as a safety precaution after police notified school officials of a barricade situation in a nearby neighborhood.

Annual event has volunteers sprucing up schools. August 22, 2008 - 2:21PM BY KATIE ANDERSON For one day in late August every year, District 117 families and faculty take grounds beautification and maintenance ...

One of the smallest entries won the biggest prize in the Calling All Chocolates culinary contest last week at the Illinois State Fair.

Two Illinois College students were not injured when a fire broke out Tuesday night while they were cooking on the stove in their two-story Book Lane duplex.

"It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government." - Thomas Paine We know what the Mothers think.

State Historian Thomas Schwartz will be in Jacksonville Thursday to share some new insights on Mary Todd Lincoln.

Harold Eugene Walden, 76, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, at Jefferson Barracks in St.

It was "a moveable" feast, boxing giant Ken Norton said of a gala dinner party Friday night that kicked off a two-day celebration of his 65th birthday in Jacksonville.

Dilapidated Jax house gets rehabed in special program. August 4, 2008 - 3:56PM BY GREG OLSON Journal-Courier Where many saw a dilapidated, century-old house, others saw an opportunity.

Besides school supplies and some new outfits, lots of kids get their haircut. Hannah Price did just that on our show, but she got more just a haircut-she gave to others.