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PHOTO: Around the Bowl

Recommend 0 November 17, 2009 2:14 AM Nancy and Darrell Wynn of Jacksonville walk laps around the JHS Bowl while a steady rainfall drenched the area Monday.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

PHOTO: Sen. Demuzio meets with Jacksonville area Chamber of Commerce

Sen. Deanna Demuzio said Thursday that Illinois' economy might make more cuts in state funding a necessity.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Fire destroys Jacksonville mobile home

Fire destroyed a Jacksonville mobile home Thursday and resulted in one person being sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

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Library Journal

America's Star Libraries: Who's In, Who's Out

LJ Index of Public Library Service 2009, Round 2: Number of public libraries scored by the LJ Index increases by 153 - America's Star Libraries - top libraries - best libraries By Keith Curry Lance & Ray Lyons -- Library Journal, 11/15/2009 While this latest round of the LJ Index only gives five, four, or three stars to the top 258 libraries, 153 ...

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Wet harvest fuels propane supply demand

This fall's wet weather has created more than a harvesting headache for farmers.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Veterans Day events planned

It has undergone a number of name changes since first becoming a national holiday in 1938, but the meaning behind Veterans Day has remained steady.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Salvation Army enters kettle season with hope high

Children plugged in strands of multicolored Christmas lights hanging from an evergreen tree Thursday evening, signaling the start of The Salvation Army's "Season of Hope" fundraising campaign.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

IRS seeking people in area due refund checks

The Internal Revenue Service is on the lookout for 23 Jacksonville-area residents.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Examiner.com

Jacksonville, IL pup saved from fire. Pet oxygen masks: the gift of life for fire departments.

It is estimated that more than 40,000 pets die of smoke inhalation each year in house fires.

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Journal-Courier.net

Local group wants to share Underground Railroad stories

Illinois College student Samuel Willard was awakened by a pounding on the door of his home on a winter's night in 1843.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Fire takes everything but puppy

It appears that the gift of masks specially designed for animals came to the Jacksonville Fire Department just in time.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Organizers schedule Festivalof Trees

The Festival of Trees and Wreaths will feature more than 25 designer trees and 43 wreaths, plus several swags and centerpieces this year, organizers said.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Trick-or-treaters will be on prowl for sweets

Trick-or-treaters will be allowed to go door to door begging for candy both Friday and Saturday nights in Jacksonville, South Jacksonville and Pittsfield.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

The scare master

Just in time for Halloween, South Jacksonville author Vince Churchill has written something he promises will frighten just about anyone.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Rains force several road closures

Two to three inches of rain over the past two days closed highways and caused flood warnings to be issued for some Illinois River towns.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

'Whatever' chosen as most annoying word

For, um, many Journal-Courier readers, like, the word "whatever" is the most annoying one around.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Salina Journal

Gun discharged in hotel room

No one was injured when John S. Westa s .380-caliber Keltec pistol discharged at 7:45 p.m. Saturday in Room 205 of the hotel at 2650 Planet, said Salina Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

KansasCity.com

Tribute | Illness led the well-traveled Elaine Johnson Kent to reconnect with her family

Who: Elaine Johnson Kent, formerly of Kansas CityAge: 75When and how she died: Sept.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

City motel accused of failure to pay taxes

A Jacksonville motel is being accused of failing to pay taxes on its visitors, costing the city more than $12,500. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Morgan County Circuit Court contends Turf Investors, which owns Country Hearth Inn at 1709 W. Morton Ave., failed to pay taxes from December to August.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Examiner.com

Fallling hard for our art! Actor Horror Stories #3

Let me preface this story from Harmony France with a great Actor Horror Story of my own when I was in college, acting at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, IL.

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