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Winchester man critically injured in accident
A Winchester man was injured in a single-vehicle rollover accident about 11:05 p.m. Tuesday on Interstate 72 east of the Jacksonville Correctional Center exit.The driver, Derek B. Price, 20, was transported to Passavant Area Hospital and was transferred...
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Colors of Fall
Nineteen-month-old Eli Walker brushes on some yellow Tuesday during the “Colors of Fall” painting activity at the Creative Toddler Time at the Jacksonville Public Library. More photos...
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Hands on learning
Nicole Wilson administers an IV push of pain medicine while Nancy Having waits her turn to insert a Nasogastric tube Tuesday in the Norris Education Building on the MacMurray College campus. Both of these junior nursing students are getting first hand...
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Volunteers press monumental efforts
As the downtown traffic project rolls forward, a volunteer effort is concentrating on the plaza centerpiece — the Civil War monument.Or as the organizer of the efforts calls it, “the heart of Jacksonville.”“I often hear people...
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Sept. 24 crash victim dies
(JJ-C) — A Greene County woman injured in a one-vehicle accident in September has died.Christina M. Gaines, 19, of 119 N. First Ave., White Hall, died Monday night at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, according to a hospital spokeswoman.Ms....
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Triopia merger had bumps
Dorothy Surratt was a student during the district reorganizations in Concord, Arenzville and Chapin over the 1940s and 1950s. She graduated eighth grade from Concord Grade School in 1951 and received her diploma from Chapin High School in 1955.“When...
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East St. Louis man gets 10 years for sexual assault
An East St. Louis man is headed to prison for the sexual assault in April of a 4-year-old Jacksonville girl.Willie Mitchell, 58, pleaded guilty Tuesday to Class X felony predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. He entered the plea after accepting...
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Woman pinned in car after collision
Firefighters had to extricate a Jacksonville woman pinned inside her car after a two-vehicle accident Tuesday morning at Prairie Street and Beecher Avenue.Whitney M. DeJaynes, 22, of 1225 Lincoln Ave., Unit 411, suffered a reported head injury but refused...
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Hallowed Home
Proper tombstone placement is important as Nancy Tobin and her son Tristan Tobin, 9, work on decking out their home for Halloween season Monday in Jacksonville. Mrs. Tobin said they will be putting out more decorations — such as carved pumpkins...
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Political novice joins mayoral scramble
A local area volunteer hopes his bid for public office will inspire the community.Allen Bell, who is legally blind, announced Monday that he is running for mayor in the 2009 municipal election. Mr. Bell, 51, said his impairment has never hindered achievement...
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