South Jacksonville News

Children cool off among the water toys at Play-for-All Park in South Jacksonville Monday afternoon.

Soggy weather did little to damper holiday spirits across the area. While a few Fourth of July festivities were canceled due to rain, the main attraction in towns across the region is still on.

Due to a water main break, the Village of South Jacksonville's Water Department has issued, effective immediately and until further notice, a boil order for residents on South East Street from Vandalia Road south to Southview Drive.

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.

Vacant house "a complete loss" May 14, 2009 - 11:20 AM BY KATIE ANDERSON Journal-Courier Fire destroyed a vacant, single-story home on Spradlin Road early Thursday morning.

Felony charges of armed robbery and residential burglary were formally filed against a South Jacksonville man.

April 30, 2009 - 3:47 PM Journal-Courier South Jacksonville has issued a boil order for East Greenwood Avenue between Hardin and Clay avenues until further notice.

A number of area schools have won awards for academic achievement, some in the face of adversity.

Mayor-elect Andy Ezard took all of Jacksonville's 18 precincts in Tuesday's municipal election, many by wide margins.

Convicted murderer Christopher Walker will not get second chance. April 7, 2009 - 5:31 PM Circuit Judge Richard Mitchell Tuesday denied a new trial, or a reduction of sentence, or reduced charges for convicted murderer Christopher Walker.

Kindergartner Eric Walden flexes as he tells Miss Illinois, Katie Lorenz, that he wants to grow up strong like his dad before the start of Friday's assembly at South Jacksonville Elementary School.

Burning, grocery, other issues surface in Wednesday's debate. March 25, 2009 - 11:07 PM BY GREG OLSON South Jacksonville's two candidates for village president fielded most of the same questions their Jacksonville mayoral counterparts faced during the Voters Forum Wednesday night.

WILL DICKEY/The Times-Union The Shrimp Po' Boy and Cheesesteak sandwiches are always on the menu, along with pitchers of beer, at Beachside Seafood on Third Street South in Jacksonville Beach.

'I haven't stopped moving since Super Bowl,' commented Doug Ganson this week as he surveyed the major renovations going on at his latest venture at the Landing.

Fire destroyed the home of Glenn Coates, a short distance west of the Morgan-Scott County line on Old Route 36, Sunday afternoon.

When Robin Hurst decided to buy one of the units in Ocean's Edge condominium community just blocks from the beach, she thought it would be a great investment.

Michael Buss sentenced to 20 years in prison. February 23, 2009 - 11:24 AM Michael J. Buss, 27, of South Jacksonville pleaded guilty in Morgan County Circuit Court this morning to one count of concealment of a ...

South Jacksonville Police received reports Friday morning of 10 burglaries of motor vehicles.

It was annual review time Thursday at the South Jacksonville Village Board, but this time it's electronic.

U.S. Postal Service agents arriving Friday to continue probe. January 29, 2009 - 4:52 PM A considerable amount of undelivered mail has been recovered by South Jacksonville Police, Chief Richard Evans confirmed ...