Jacksonville News

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.