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Jacksonville police believe shootings involve juveniles; chief pushing to charge them as adults FacebookTwitterEmail This house in the 600 block of Jordan Street has been hit by gunfire twice within the past week. Several police departments are investigating the incidents and believe the shooters are from the Jacksonville area and southern Illinois and that the shootings are feud-related. Shots also were fired Tuesday evening on North Clay Avenue and Allen Street.Darren Iozia | Journal-Courier ...

Jacksonville Police are investigating a retail theft that occurred yesterday morning. A complainant called into West Central Dispatch just before 9:00 yesterday morning from the Home Depot located at 1601 West Morton Avenue. An employee notified police that a male subject cut a security cord and stole a lawnmower. The subject then left in a white work truck with a yellow light on top. Jacksonville Police ask that anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Jacksonville Poli...

By Jeremy Coumbes on June 1, 2021 at 8:02am Jacksonville Police responded to a hit and run accident early this morning. Police received a call of an accident in the 900 block of North Prairie Street at approximately 1:30 this morning. A resident called West Central Dispatch to report she heard a loud crash and when she looked outside, she advised there was a power pole and power lines down in the roadway. The caller also advised a license plate was also in the road. According t...

By Jeremy Coumbes on May 15, 2021 at 12:21pm The Jacksonville Fire Department responded to back to back calls of house fires last night. A call came into West Central Dispatch of a house fire at 336 E. Wolcott Street at 9:19 last night. Upon arrival, Jacksonville Police Department officers were on scene with the residents of the home in the front yard, who said everyone made it out of the house safely. The home had metal siding on the exterior which had become charged with elec...

By Benjamin Cox on January 24, 2021 at 6:19pm A series of brush fires in rural Morgan and Cass counties on Saturday are under investigation. The first call for brush fires came in to the Arenzville Fire Department at 7:57PM Saturday night near Crooked Lane South in rural Arenzville. At 8:03PM, the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department and Meredosia Fire Department received a report of a grass fire in the 2300 block of St. Paul’s Church Road in rural Arenzville. At 8:12PM, Wes...