Jersey County Journal
Jersey County police and traffic – March 13, 2025
The following police reports were filed between February 28 and March 06, 2025. These reports are public information and are obtained from the Jersey County Circuit Clerk’s office. All individuals have been arrested and charged, or cited in the case of traffic violations. All are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The following individual was charged…
Read MoreIllinois residents vote to keep current flag design
By Steven Spencer Illinois residents had a chance to vote for a redesign of the state flag and showed overwhelming support to keep the current design.
Read MoreRural schools face unique challenges filling positions
By Jessie Nguyen When Gretchen Weiss applied for a teaching position at Macomb Middle School in west-central Illinois more than 20 years ago, the school’s policy was to keep applications on file for only a year due to the large volume of applicants.
Read MoreLet’s Cook! – March 13, 2025
Recently I was looking through my file of “recipes to try someday” and came across this recipe that I had cut out from a magazine. The recip must have been in there for some time, the paper was starting to yellow. Anyway, this was quite good. It won’t be my favorite way to fix pork…
Read MoreLLCC students qualify for Illinois SkillsUSA Competition
Forty-seven Lincoln Land Community College students qualified for the 2025 Illinois SkillsUSA Competition after earning high scores at the SkillsUSA Regional Competition held last month at LLCC and the Capital Area Career Center (CACC).
Read MorePritzker wants Illinois to be latest state to ban cellphones in classroom
Limits already are in place in some Illinois school districts By BEN SZALINSKI [email protected] Capitol News Illinois Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. JB Pritzker, they’re a distraction, and he has proposed banning them during classroom instruction.
Read MoreIllinois bill aims to add more oversight of homeschooling
Following a ProPublica and Capitol News Illinois investigation, an Illinois lawmaker has introduced legislation that would require families to tell their public school districts if they are homeschooling. By Molly Parker & Beth Hundsdorfer Capitol News Illinois A new Illinois bill aims to add some oversight of families who homeschool their children, a response to…
Read MoreJERSEY: JCHS Theatre Department excited to present “Shrek the Musical”
By Steven Spencer Students and staff in the Jersey Community High School Theatre Department have been preparing for months getting ready for their spring musical and are excited to bring “Shrek the Musical” to the stage from Thursday, Mar. 13, to Sunday, Mar. 16. Since October the students have been hard at work preparing the…
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