Eldred News

A Jersey County jury has awarded more than a half-million dollars to the family of a woman killed in a 2007 drunken driving incident, but the amount is likely to be vastly reduced under state dramshop laws.

A 29-year-old man suffered serious injuries after being struck by an alleged drunk driver during the weekend as he took his nephew trick-or-treating. Scott A. Groppel, 41, of Eldred, is facing aggravated driving under the influence charges after he allegedly hit Justin E. Simpson and his 3-year-old nephew at 6:54 p.m. on Friday at the intersection ...

Carrollton Bank Chairman Thomas W. Hough said its Jerseyville Banking Center would keep the "personal family touch" when it opens for business today at the bank's large new branch in the southern section of town.

John Schild, a Greene County Sheriff's Department correctional officer for about 11 years, announced his candidacy for sheriff Tuesday.

It's hard to tell today that a rural Eldred farmstead of bluffs, cornfields, pasture and streams held thousands of years of prehistoric living.

A state mandate once again has Greene County officials trying to determine how to afford establishing a Veteran's Assistance Commission.

Greene County Board members remain uncertain over how they can afford to establish a Veteran's Assistance Commission as mandated by state statutes.

LaCrosse Lumber Co. plans to have its new hardware store open and serving customers by early to mid-January. The 80- by 120-foot store is under construction next to the LaCrosse Lumber Co.

If Robert L. Mira ever hoped to do a bang-up job, he made good on it Tuesday. Two cylinders of oxygen blew up in his work van Tuesday morning, burning the vehicle to a crisp near the intersection of Illinois Route 16 and the Eldred Blacktop north of Fieldon.

A Greene County man died Sunday when the four-wheel all-terrain vehicle he was riding on a road was struck by a vehicle north of town.

ELDRED, ILL. > Terry A. Chapman, 41, of Roodhouse, Ill., was killed Sunday afternoon on an all-terrain vehicle that collided head-on with an SUV.

A man cutting limbs on a downed tree at his parents' home was killed Tuesday when the trunk shifted and rolled on top of him.

Christina Guntren sees each day of her life as a gift after receiving a double lung transplant on Dec.