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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 after receiving 397 votes against current mayor Joesph Montanez, who received 190 votes. “It was humb...

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 county. “We have 14 days after any election to finalize our results,” Waggener said. While all ...

2 each seek Virginia mayor, alderman's 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 years before that. He also served four years in the Air Force. During his first term, he said, the...