Jersey County News

Cuts to the budget of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources would compromise public safety, critics charged Tuesday.

By Jill Boomer The Jersey County Star JERSEYVILLE--The Jerseyville City Council placed on file its Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations Ordinance in the amount of $10,796,271. The council will hold a public hearing ...

Louis H. Zimmerman, 82, died early in the morning Thursday, July 10, 2008, at his home.

Budgets are being cut, and less and less money is available, but still there is a push toward upgrading and implementing new technology.

One brave alligator wrestler has ventured from the Florida swamps to astound Jersey County Fair audiences with his nationally recognized reptile-handling skills.

More roads reopened Tuesday in areas that were hit hard by flooding, including the remaining stretch of the Great River Road that had been closed since last month.

The Jersey County Fair Merchants Parade scheduled for July 8 was cancelled due to inclement weather.

A pilot called emergency officials after the plane he was flying flipped in Jersey County, Illinois.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich ordered state lawmakers today to return from summer break and get back to work on the state budget.

Despite few signs that the political logjam is loosening, Gov. Rod Blagojevich Wednesday called on lawmakers to return to the Capitol next week for another go-around on the state budget.

While Grafton waits for the Mississippi River to crest, it tries to carry on and sustain itself.

A Jersey County sheriff deputy on routine patrol early Tuesday morning spotted a man allegedly in the act of burglarizing Casey's South General Store on State Street.

Floodwaters are creeping toward several buildings in the Jersey County village of Hardin.

Congressman John Shimkus took a walking tour of one of the communities within his 19th congressional district Monday Monring before he flew back to Washington D.C. Shimkus, a Republican of Collinsville, ...

The river is still rising in hard-hit Grafton, and the latest forecasts push back the predicted crest to Wednesday.

A small community included on the National Registery of Historic Places is in danger of flooding.

By transforming an existing downtown building into her future home, Barbara Tracy is preparing for a life of luxury and saving green space in Jersey County.

" Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich today added Winnebago county to a state disaster declaration to help respond to and recover from recent severe storms and the threat of flooding.

The Telegraph Rising floodwaters and the threat of more to come began shutting down roads, ferries and events around The Telegraph area Thursday.

Adam Proctor carefully tips the round mesh net over a white tray and watches as a few dozen chilled female Culex mosquitoes and a stream of wings, legs and other mangled detached body parts fall out.