News across Greater Jacksonville, IL
Calvary Baptist Church news
Pastor Greg Harding Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday evening Bible study: 6 p.m. We would like to invite anyone who is looking to hear the Word of God to come and join us. We don’t require anyone to dress up; blue jeans are fine. God looks at the…
MacMurray Foundation supports FCA mission trip
The MacMurray Foundation & Alumni Association has awarded a 2026 community grant to the Jacksonville Area Fellowship of Christian Athletes, helping support the organization’s annual college mission trip and its commitment to community service and leadership development. Led by…
Let’s Cook!
I am always on the lookout for recipes for my air fryer and save them to try. The other night I had a pork chop thawed out, but it was too hot to grill or turn on the oven, so I tried this recipe for Best Darn Air Fryer Pork Chops. (actually the word was not…
RIDGE RUNNER CHRONICLES: The Elizabeth Holmes Trailer
The studio known as “A 24 Studio” recently released a trailer of an upcoming documentary film about Elizabeth Holmes, the controversial young woman who was convicted of fraud for her representations about her medical testing company, “Theranos.” She is now in prison serving an…
OUTDOOR TRUTHS: Influence
Deer season is here. A few states have already opened, and the others are just around the corner. I am not prepared for this. I mean really, I am not prepared. I have put off hanging stands and setting up blinds. And I only have a few cameras out. The good news is that over…
ROBIN WRITES: Date Night at the Drive-In
It was summer, Saturday night. After a quick meal, usually curbside at A&W, my date and I set off to the Grande Drive-In, a dozen miles away. It was up to me to set the mood for the drive. I could stay sitting near the window on the passenger’s side and rest my arm along…
Virgin sentenced to IDOC
By Carmen Ensinger A Roodhouse woman has been sentenced to two 2.5-year terms to the Illinois Department of Corrections for drug-related offenses. Greene County States Attorney Craig M. Grummel announced that Tambra L. Virgin, 53, of Roodhouse, was sentenced on Sept. 4 in Greene…
Bass sentenced to DOC for felony driving while license suspended
By Carmen Ensinger Michael D. Bass, 40, was sentenced on Aug. 24 in Greene County Circuit Court to two years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to felony Driving While License Suspended. The conviction arose from a Dec. 15, 2023 incident at the…
County Board defends data center approval in court
The Sangamon County Board defended its April zoning approval of the county’s first hyperscale data center in court on Sept. 11, as Circuit Judge Adam Giganti set the stage for an Oct. 9 hearing about a motion to dismiss. Several Waverly residents who live approximately a mile or…
County Board defends data center approval in court
The Sangamon County Board defended its April zoning approval of the county’s first hyperscale data center in court on Sept. 11, as Circuit Judge Adam Giganti set the stage for an Oct. 9 hearing about a motion to dismiss. Several Waverly residents who live approximately a mile or…
Joe Page Bridge closure Sept. 29 and 30
The Joe Page Bridge will be closed on Tuesday, Sept. 29, and Wednesday, Sept. 30, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Thursday, Oct. 1, IDOT may be utilizing flagmen depending on how the 29th and 30th goes; but the bridge will be back open. The bridge is being closed for the federally…
