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Nature's 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 Illinois on Monday — bringing hail, high winds and four tornado touchdowns — marked the first of...

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 Stevensville, Montana, was booked into the Morgan County jail on charges of possession of a controlled su...

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 of possession of methamphetamine and possession of a controlled substance, according to police repo...