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Robert Tracy has been the city’s top cop for a year.

JERSEY - A school bus collided head-on with a tree on Illinois Route 16 between Cherry Lane and Rangeline in Jersey County on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The bus was not occupied by any students. The driver was airlifted out as a precautionary measure with an apparent broken ankle. Jersey County Sheriff Nicholas Manns said the female driver was conscious and alert when she was flown out and there were no kids on the school bus. Manns said the road was blocked in that area for about 45 minutes while the woman was transported from that scene. “The bus is likely totaled,” Manns said. “The entire front end of the bus was destroyed. Thankfully no one was on it at the time.” Sheriff Manns thanked the Jerseyville Fire Department, the Jersey Community Hospital Ambulance, the Survival Flight and Jersey Community School District 100 for assisting the Jersey County Sheriff's Office in the crash response.

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St. Louis County Library Small Business Launchpad program gives second chances to formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs like Matthew Palmer, founder and owner of Squeak Key Clean Mobile Detail and Oil Change.

A single thread out of place can distort the illusion of perfect embroidery or reduce the perception of the quality of a smooth hand of fabric. Its free movement against […]

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The Missouri Botanical Garden’s ever-popular orchid show returns on Jan. 27. The Garden’s vast orchid collection includes more than 6,000 individual plants representing almost 700 unique species, and approximately one […]

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HAMBURG - Two Hamburg residents in Calhoun County have been arrested after a methamphetamine investigation. At 9:30 p.m. on January 27, 2024, law enforcement officials from the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Pike County Sheriff's Department and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police executed a court-authorized search warrant at a residence on the 400 block of Porcupine Lane, Hamburg, Calhoun County, Illinois; in reference to an ongoing methamphetamine investigation. Subsequent to the execution of said search warrant, methamphetamine and methamphetamine related drug paraphernalia were located and seized. William J. Parkinson, age 36, of Hamburg, was arrested on the following charges: Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Causing Child to be Endangered (Two Counts). Ariel J. Parkinson, age 27, of Hamburg, was arrested on the following charges: Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Unlawful

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Citizens of Jersey County, I write to discuss an upcoming ballot measure proposed by the Jersey County Board (JCB) which proposes a half cent (0.5%) increase in our public safety tax, which is currently 0.75%. That increase would amount to fifty cents per $100 spent in the county on items other than fuel, qualifying food, medicine, medical appliances, and farm equipment used by farmers. Because it is a sales tax, visitors to our county would be helping us with it. I know how difficult it can be as a citizen of Illinois to consider any additional tax, which is why I am setting forth the following information for your thoughtful consideration as you go to the polls on March 19: First, when I took office as your Sheriff a year ago, I knew I would oversee the sheriff’s office, jail, and court security. Still, I must admit I was a little surprised to find that according to Illinois statute, I was also responsible for the maintenance of our beloved courthouse which was built

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A fire at a mobile home park near Granite City.

Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting Upon Further Reflection, a collection of oil and cold wax paintings by Mark […]

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A new hardware store is opening on The Hill nearly a decade after Hanneke Hardware & Industrial Supply shuttered.

A man was shot and killed early Friday in the city's Kingsway East neighborhood.

The Compton water tower stands not as a storage vessel for water, but as a historical relic harking back to the era when piston pumps were employed to push water through the system.

On the afternoon of February 12, 1924, the culmination of a bold musical experiment is unfolding on the stage of New York City's Aeolian Hall. Popular bandleade