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As new faces take office, some races still waiting answers Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail Several west-central Illinois communities will be seeing new leadership in the coming weeks.Tillson Burg | Getty Images Several west-central Illinois communities will be seeing new leadership in the coming weeks as counties finalize the votes from the April 6 election. In Carrollton, long-time public works director Mike Snyder will be stepping into a new role as mayor aft...

Write-ins, mail-in ballots awaiting verification Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail Tyson MankerWarmowski Photography Write-in votes and roughly 100 mail-in and nursing home votes will be processed today by a panel of Morgan County Clerk’s Office judges. County Clerk Jill Waggener said that, while the write-in votes were processed Tuesday, a second panel of judges will review them to verify the count and to process the roughly 100 mail-in ballots received by the...

2 each seek Virginia mayor, aldermans spots Rochelle Eiselt, rochelle.eiselt@myjournalcourier.com FacebookTwitterEmail Reg Brunk (left to right), Chris Behrends, Steve Clark, and Tom Knous.Photo provided VIRGINIA — Two candidates each are vying for the mayor’s seat and an alderman’s position in upcoming municipal elections. Incumbent Reg Brunk will face challenger Steve Clark on April 6 in a bid for the mayor’s seat. Brunk has been mayor for four years, serving as an alderman for eight...

By Asia Watson on March 4, 2021 at 3:02pm The mayoral race in Virginia is now up to three with a recent write-in announcement. The race was between an incumbent mayor and a challenger but now includes long-time Public Works Director, Randy McClure. The Star-Gazette says this last year Virginia businessman Steve Clark and incumbent Mayor Reg Brunk announced they are both seeking candidacy. McClure said he received a lot of encouragement in regards to running for mayor. He says �...

A Virginia man faces multiple murder charges in the aftermath of a shooting that left a former girlfriend and another woman dead at a Virginia residence Sunday afternoon. Robert D. Harris, 71, of Virginia was formally charged Tuesday with six counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of aggravated battery with a firearm in Cass County court. Harris, who is being held in the Morgan County Jail in Jacksonville because Cass County does not have a jail, appeared b...

By Benjamin Cox on December 24, 2020 at 9:35am The City of Virginia will have a race for mayor in April. The Cass County Star Gazette has reported that incumbent mayor Reg Brunk will seek re-election in April. Former alderman and Virginia businessman Steve Clark had announced his bid for the mayor’s office last summer. Both men filed petitions on Monday. Brunk told the Gazette he looks forward to another four-year term and noted the restructured financing agreement for the ci...