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County Market Hy-Vee

Business News

Jacksonville County Market bought by Hy-Vee

JACKSONVILLE -- Iowa-based grocery chain Hy-Vee is coming to Jacksonville as the County Market store on West Morton Ave. was sold Thursday. It was confirmed via multiple sources, including WLDS, of the store's sale. The sale was later revealed to current County Market employees. "This time the rumor is true," Tina Potthoff, senior vice president of communications for Hy-Vee. "We are very excited to come to Jacksonville and be a part of the community." Potthoff declined to provide specific details […]

todaySeptember 8, 2023 254

Illinois

Capital Area Region

Canadian wildfires cause Illinois air quality issues

SHELBYVILLE -- The National Weather Service in St. Louis and Lincoln issued air quality warnings earlier this week for most of Central Illinois. The air quality issues are in relation to the ongoing wildfires in Canada in which the smoke was blown south across most of the Midwestern and New England states. The warnings were issued mid-morning Tuesday and will continue through 3:45 p.m. Central on Friday for portions of central Illinois. The warnings would also urge people to limit […]

todayJune 29, 2023 1971

Carlinville Public Library

Illinois

Carlinville library book sale June 3

CARLINVILLE — Top-quality reading materials will be available at low prices during a sidewalk book sale at the Carlinville Public Library on Saturday, June 3 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The library held its first-ever sidewalk sale last year, with resounding success. “It was a great event for us,” said library director Hannah Miller. “We had such a strong turnout and raised a lot of money that we can really use. We hope this year’s event is just as […]

todayMay 21, 2023 1251

Bliefnick

Illinois

Bliefnick murder jury selection Monday

QUINCY -- Jury selection will begin in Adams County Court Monday in the murder trial of Timothy W. Bliefnick. Bliefnick, 39, is facing charges of two counts first-degree murder and one count of home invasion. The charges stem from a February shooting death of his wife Rebecca Bliefnick. Bliefnick made a not-guilty plea on March 24 to the counts. Rebecca Bliefnick was found dead by a family member on February 23 in her home on Kentucky Road. The status check […]

todayMay 19, 2023 1431

Farmersville Grade School Panhandle Schools

Illinois

Panhandle Schools offers preschool screening

RAYMOND -- Panhandle Schools will be offering a free developmental screening for children entering preschool. The screenings will be on April 27-28 for children ages between 3 and 5 residing within the district. If your child is already in the program, you will not need to have them re-screened. If your child wishes to enter the program at age 3, they must have turned that age by May 1. A second screening will occur in August for children turning 3 […]

todayApril 10, 2023 1521

Petersburg police

Capital Area Region

Petersburg man charged with child pornography possession

Police have arrested a man from Petersburg on charges of possessing child pornography after a two-year investigation. Authorities said the man had images and videos of children being victims of sexual assault. Adam L. Power, 29, of Petersburg was arrested Wednesday by Athens Police Department. An investigation into child pornography distribution began after a December 2020 report that someone was distributing images of minors online. A search by Athens Police Department assigned to the Office of the Illinois Attorney General's […]

todayMarch 24, 2023 117

Ameren Illinois SCAMeren Illinois

Business & Lifestyle

Ameren Illinois seeks new rate hikes

SPRINGFIELD -- One of the largest utility companies in Illinois, Ameren, is filing plans for electric and gas rate hikes. The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) will review a request for a $160.4 million hike in gas rates over a year. There is an additional request that reflects a $435.6 million overall hike in electric rates over a period of four years. Tucker Kennedy, Ameren Illinois communications director, stated last week that the reasons for the requests are multi-fold. It, in […]

todayFebruary 6, 2023 1601

Pana police U.S. 67

Illinois

U.S. 67 crash claims life of Roodhouse woman

MORGAN COUNTY -- An automotive accident early Tuesday morning on U.S. 67 in Morgan County has taken the life of a Greene County woman. The Illinois State Police reported the accident shortly after 8:15 a.m. Traffic was closed at the intersection of U.S. 67 and Woodson-Winchester Road for several hours before reopening several hours later. No further information was available in the release. However, initial reports relayed to our media partners at WLDS determine that the accident involved a passenger […]

todayJanuary 24, 2023 731

Illinois Kyaw B. Tun

Illinois

Illinois State Police makes child porn arrest

Kyaw B. Tun BEARDSTOWN – The Illinois State Police (ISP) arrested a 37-year-old male from Beardstown Thursday for possessing child pornography. The arrest of Kyaw B. Tun comes from an ongoing investigation since August 2021 by the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI). An initial investigation came in August 2021 after learning about a subject distributing child pornography via electronic means through an online platform. The case would further go through higher channels to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. It would […]

todayOctober 28, 2022 86

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