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The Jacksonville Area Museum is gearing up for the return of one of its most popular winter attractions. The museum is seeking entries for its fifth annual “Building with Brick – The Art of LEGO” exhibit, which runs December second through February 28th. This year’s exhibit will be held in a larger, newly expanded area […]

A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to a felony grooming charge stemming from an undercover investigation last year. Forty-year-old Adam Welch of Beecher Hi-Rise pleaded guilty Tuesday in Morgan County Circuit Court to Class 4 felony grooming. Welch was arrested in July of 2025 after authorities said he had been messaging someone he believed was […]

A Roodhouse couple has been arrested on allegations of animal cruelty. Thirty-year-old Harleigh E. Burnett and 31-year-old Robert C. Burnett, both of East Randolph Street, were booked into the Greene County Jail in Carrollton on the evening of September 28 on four counts each of cruel treatment to animals. Roodhouse Police Chief Kyle Robison tells […]

The last defendant in a five-year-old Morgan County murder case has been sentenced. Forty one-year-old Laura Acree, of Murrayville, was sentenced Tuesday afternoon in Morgan County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice, a Class Four felony. Acree was sentenced to two years of probation through the Second Chance Program. She was also […]

Demolition is complete on the Green Building in Greenfield, allowing work to begin toward reopening the nearby public library. The building, located west of the Greenfield Public Library, was successfully demolished Tuesday, October sixth. According to River County News, Greenfield officials learned in August that one of the building’s exterior walls had begun bowing outward, […]