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Region's population seen in decline

About a hundred fewer people called Morgan County home last year compared with the year before, contributing to a nearly 4 percent drop in population since 2000, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Teacher's effects prove special

Twenty-two years after being inspired by his high school art instruction, the artist and the inspiration met again.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Car with kids rolls across Morton into Town Brook

Two young boys were not injured when a car they were inside rolled backwards across Morton Avenue and into the Town Brook Tuesday night.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Audit gives city officials reason to pause

If they were looking solely at the city's financial performance in 2008 at their meeting Monday night, Jacksonville officials would be pleased.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Caution urged for cyclists, pedestrians

Elmer Worley considers Morton Avenue to be the most dangerous street in Jacksonville for people like himself whose primary mode of transportation is his bicycle.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Jax man formally charged in slashing

A Jacksonville man has been formally charged in connection with an attack earlier this month that left a man with a severe facial laceration.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Hundreds from Jacksonville area rally at Capitol

Two and a half bus loads of Illinois School for the Deaf and Illinois School for the Visually Impaired employees, students and supporters rallied Tuesday at the Capitol in Springfield.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

The Daily Eastern News

Girls State helps build leadership

Americanism Chairman of Illinois Girls State, Pat Williamson, takes down the American Flag Sunday afternoon in the Quad.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Log Cabin Democrat

Historian questions origins of rural feminism

The usual explanation for the spread of feminism in the nation's rural areas - basically, trickle-down from urban centers - doesn't take into account the whole picture, an Illinois agricultural historian says.

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Journal-Courier.net

PHOTO: ISVI rally

A capacity crowd gathers inside Joshua Rhoads Auditorium for a rally Thursday at the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired in Jacksonville.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Jacksonville Police patrolman plans run for sheriff

Jacksonville Police Patrolman Dave Turner, who worked six years as a Morgan County sheriff's deputy, said he will oppose incumbent Sheriff Randy Duvendack in the February Republican primary.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

EDITORIAL: Schools are more than Jacksonville institutions; they are part of community

The words were delivered from Springfield with painful but clinical precision: "Cut funding for state-provided services by $232 million." In the middle of the four-item list from the governor's office was the proposed shuttering of the Illinois School for the Deaf and the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Local woman in Miss Illinois competition

For Jacksonville's Ruthi Brooks, this week will be filled with long hours, lots of meetings and plenty of rehearsals.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Cyclist unharmed after run-in with cop car

A minor collision Friday morning between a Jacksonville squad car and bicyclist did not result in any serious injuries.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

Lincoln Daily News

Local Women Attend LWML Convention

The 64th Annual Central Illinois District-Lutheran Women's Missionary League convention was held on June 6, 2009, in Springfield IL.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Woman's death appears self-inflicted

A woman was found dead Wednesday outside of the Jacksonville Fire Department substation on West Lafayette Avenue with a gunshot wound to the chest.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

WTAX-AM Springfield

Ultimate All Star Giveaway

Bud Light and WTAX want to give you the Ultimate All-Star Giveaway that includes the trip of a lifetime to the MLB All-Star Game, Home Run Derby and more in St.

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Sat Jun 06, 2009

Hillsboro Star-Journal

Reimers to celebrate golden anniversary

Richard and Marilyn Reimer of Hillsboro will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family reunion and celebration June 12 through 14.

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Thu Jun 04, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Session will focus on wind energy myths, realities

Questions about wind energy will be answered during a discussion this month in Jacksonville.

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Tue Jun 02, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

City braces for effects from budget impasse

A partisan budget stalemate has left Jacksonville and other communities questioning how to provide state services ranging from elderly care to drug addiction treatment as drastic cuts loom.

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