Jerseyville News

A dispute between Hickory Grove Restaurant's owner-operator and its property owner led to the abrupt closing of the popular family-frequented establishment.

She was born in Kane on Dec. 6, 1932, and was one of four children born to Leonard Guy and Mayme E. Wheeler.

A 57-year-old Jerseyville woman will spend 63 months in federal prison for stealing more than $4.5 million from the bank where she had been employed since 1976.

The Godfrey Knights of Columbus will be hosting Father Dominic Garramone, a Benedictine monk from Saint Bede Abbey in Peru, Illinois this afternoon at the organization's hall on Stamper Lane.

The Jersey School Board voted unanimously to seek a partnership with Pearson Foundation for the digital conversion of the school district by 2017.

Marjorie L. Kreider, 84, died at 6:10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at Jersey Nursing and Rehabilitation in Jerseyville.

Following public outcry and a disappointed community taking to social media sites, Jerseyville's recently closed Stadium Theatre may be on the verge of a sequel.

Witnesses at the scene said the structure may also have served as an apartment dwelling, but that fact could not immediately be determined.

Allison Kelly Meffert Stults, of Hettick, IL, completed requirements for graduation in December 2011 at MacMurray College.

Rachel Temple Varble, 94, died at 6:05 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster, Calif.

Thousands of homes were without power for several days. This was described as the worst ice storm in Springfield since 1942 and the worst in Champaign in at least 50 years.

The Monsanto Co.'s Jerseyville research farm has been chosen as the Jersey County Business Association Business of the Month for January.

The return of a movie theater to Jerseyville, once considered an unlikely proposition, now looks more promising.

Gov. Pat Quinn said this week that 59 small and rural communities throughout Illinois will be awarded the money through the Community Development Assistance Program.

Survivors include his daughters and their spouses, Diann and Billy Heavner of Chesterfield and Charlene Branham and Wes Goheen of Dow; sons and their spouses, David and Cindy Smith of Kane, Danny Smith of Jerseyville, Duane and Debbie Smith of Shipman, and Dennis Smith of Medora; 10 grandchildren; sisters, Ethel Smith of Jerseyville, Eileen Richey ... (more)

Shelly Pruett of Wood River, owner of Shelly's Sweet Shop, holds some of her baked goods she will selling at her new location in The Coffee Connection at 1818 Vaughn Road in Wood River.