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By Benjamin Cox on July 1, 2021 at 9:29pm The Village of South Jacksonville is declaring itself a Second Amendment Sanctuary. On July 4th, Village Mayor Tyson Manker will be signing mayoral order 01-2021 declaring the sanctuary and as the order stands “prohibits the use of local taxpayer resources to confiscate firearms.” The signing of the order on July 4th will have State Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer, Morgan County Sheriff Mike Carmody, Morgan County Sheriff’s Deputy and Murrayville Police Chief Derek Suttles, South Jacksonville Police Chief Eric Hansell, Village T...

Thomas Lair said he had "a lot of angels around him" on March 26. "It's a miracle I'm alive," admitted Lair, who lives in Murrayville, a village in Morgan County, about 12 miles southeast of Jacksonville. That afternoon, Lair was coming home from his job at Walmart when he failed to negotiate a turn onto Murrayville Road from U.S. 267. Lair's 2002 Ford Ranger flipped — the dashcam from Murrayville-Woodson police officer Patrick McKinnon's patrol vehicle captured it — and the truck and Lair came to rest upside down in a ditch in a pool of water. McKinnon, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran ...

A Murrayville, Illinois, man survived a rollover and was rescued from a water-filled ditch by policeman and passers-by.

Murrayville-Woodson officer, passers-by help rescue and revive crash victim FacebookTwitterEmail The quick actions of a Murrayville-Woodson Police officer and assistance from passers-by are being credited with saving the life of a man whose vehicle crashed upside-down in several feet of water. The dramatic accident that sent the driver into a water-filled ditch was captured on Officer Patrick McKinnon’s dashcam. McKinnon was patrolling along Murrayville Road at U.S. 267 at 4:39 p.m. March 26. The routine of the afternoon was shattered less than a minute later as a vehicle is seen, on the da...

Officer honored for lifesaving efforts Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail Murrayville-Woodson Police Chief Derek Suttles (from left), Officer Patrick McKinnon and FOP State Lodge awards chairman Jerry Lieb were on hand Monday for the presentation of the FOP’s Life Saving Award to McKinnon.Provided The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police has recognized Murrayville-Woodson Police Officer Patrick McKinnon with its Life Saving Award for his actions in the rescue of a man trapped in an overturned vehicle submerged in water. McKinnon was on duty on March 26 when he saw a pickup truck go out of c...