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WRIGHTS — Devastation hit the town of Wrights in Greene County Monday afternoon after a...

The driver was cited on charges of violating Scotts Law, failing to yield right of way to a construction vehicle, improper lane use and driving too fast for conditions, according

A federal lawsuit accuses police in Morgan County of targeting out-of-state drivers and...

Overnight reports from Jacksonville police:

Some road work suspended for holiday Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail The state transportation department will be suspending as much construction work as possible from 3 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Monday to help accommodate holiday travel. Lane reductions in west-central Illinois will continue in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 24 at Quincy Memorial Bridge in Adams County; on Interstate 72 near Jacksonville; on I-72 over the Illinois River in Pike County; on Interstate 55 at Williamsville; and o...

Natures fury takes it easy this time Darren Iozia, darren.iozia@myjournalcourier.com FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Although the most damaging storm systems Monday were reported north and east of Jacksonville, Greene and Macoupin counties experienced severe thunderstorms. Joy Harris Show MoreShow Less 2of3 A storm system that spawned four tornado touchdowns Monday moves through the Alexander area toward Pleasant Plains. Kacy Fromme Show MoreShow Less 3of3 Storms that passed through west-central I...

MECHANICSBURG, Ill. (AP) — Four tornadoes touched down Monday evening in central...

$1 million in cocaine seized Darren Iozia, darren.iozia@myjournalcourier.com FacebookTwitterEmail Around $1 million worth of cocaine was seized just before 4 p.m. Thursday from a car eastbound on Interstate 72 at the Jacksonville exit after the driver failed to obey traffic laws. “There was a construction crew and he didn’t move over,” Morgan County Sheriff Mike Carmody said, explaining that the driver was not following Illinois’ Move Over Law. The driver, Cid C. Robinson, 46, of Steve...

Police news for Tuesday, Feb. 9 FacebookTwitterEmail ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Ryan M. Hofmeister, 33, of 2976 Illinois Route 104, Franklin, was arrested at 2:29 a.m. Monday on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of adult-use cannabis and cited on a charge of having an obstructed registration plate after the car he was driving was stopped at North East and State streets. A passenger in his car, Samantha G. Talkington, 30, of 224 S. Pearl St., Palmyra, was arrested on charges...