Program uses dogs to help veterans
Nanook, a German Shepherd that used to fear people because he hadn't been around them much, licks the face of Vietnam veteran Steve Hardenbergh of DeKalb. A Jack Russell Terrier, whom owner John...
View ArticleFlorence Bridge closed due to structural issues
The Florence Bridge, which carries Ill. 100 and Ill. 106 over the Illinois River, is expected to be closed for at least the next nine months. Motorists are being encouraged to use a marked detour route...
View ArticleJuly 20 Open Line
Corruption? How about Sheldon Eldelson Romney's sugar daddy who's under investigation for racketeering and bribery now says he'll give unlimited funds to Mitt. That's going to be a big IOU if Romney...
View ArticleShopko, Salvation Army launch Tools for School
Shopko is partnering with The Salvation Army to launch its annual Tools for School campaign. School supplies will be collected at about 160 Shopko sites through Aug. 10. The Tools for School program...
View ArticleSchock hosing ag summit in Lincoln
Congressman Aaron Schock, R-Ill., will host an agricultural summit in August that will let people, organizations and businesses discuss agriculture-related issues and concerns. The summit will be Aug....
View ArticlePHOTO: Fair game
Max Moore, 5, of rural Virginia anchors his teams in the tug-o-war activity at the Cass County Fair in Virginia Thursday. (Journal-Courier/Robert Leistra)
View ArticleJuly 20 Police Beat
MORGAN COUNTYJacksonville PoliceArrests, Citations• Mario T. Jackson, 27, of 1007 Hackett Ave. was arrested about 12:40 a.m. Thursday on a Morgan County warrant accusing him of escape by a felon, a new...
View ArticleIC professor, student share stories on CNN site
When Illinois College professor Nausser Jamali was in Morocco, he drew connections between a bazaar and the corporate retailers of America. So he decided to share it on CNN. As an assignment for a...
View ArticleHot, dry weather to linger into fall
The unusually hot dry weather that has gripped the nation will not let up its stranglehold over the next few months, federal weather forecasters said Thursday. And that means the heartland's "flash...
View ArticleCommentary: Fearing the unknown
Seventy-nine years ago, Franklin Roosevelt told a frightened nation at his first inaugural “that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which...
View ArticleCare plan established for Brown Co. drug dog
Measures have been put into place to ensure that Brown County Sheriff’s Department canine Boscoe is properly being cared for during the sweltering heat hitting the region — something some people have...
View ArticleJuly 21, 2012 Upcoming Services
Ellis, Lois Jean KirbachMemorial Mass, 10 a.m. today at St. John’s Catholic Church in Carrollton. Airsman-Hires Funeral Home in Carrollton is in charge of arrangements.Harbin, Vancil E. 11 a.m. Monday,...
View ArticleWar photographer still finds it tough to share his visions
It's been almost 70 years since Frank Paciga captured the horrors of World War II through his camera lens, and he still rarely talks about what he saw. For a while, he held on to the pictures he took...
View ArticleMcAfee resigns as head softball coach at Carrollton High before coaching a...
CARROLLTON — In a move that caught most of the Carrollton softball community off-guard, Erin McAfee has resigned as the head softball coach at Carrollton High School before coaching a single game....
View ArticleJuly 21 Open Line
All the Democrats are worried about Mitt's tax returns and how much he paid. You should be more worried about all of Obama's cabinet picks that have not paid theirs. So typical of the liberals — rich...
View ArticleOnly in Print: Saturday edition
Only a handful of the stories in each day’s Journal-Courier are posted online, but dozens more are available in the newspaper. Today, reporter Maria Nagle looks at the effect a mass-shooting at a...
View ArticleNew limits on cellphone use for Ill. drivers
Illinois drivers are coming under more pressure to stay off their cellphones as a result of new measures Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Friday, including one that bans using a mobile device to take...
View ArticleMan arrested on child porn charges
A joint investigation led to the arrest Friday of a Jacksonville man accused of downloading the most child pornography in Illinois over the past 30 days. Members of the Jacksonville Police Department...
View ArticleJuly 21 Police Beat
MORGAN COUNTYSheriffBurglaries, thefts• Someone took an electric fan and a pipe wrench from a shed in the 900 block of Brockhouse Road near Chapin, according to a report to the sheriff’s department...
View Article3 priests to be honored for service
Members of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Quincy will have a reception to honor their pastor, Monsignor Michael R. Kuse, and their two seniors priests, the Revs. Don Knuffman and Ken Venvertloh, for their...
View ArticleAn unusual place to renew wedding vows
Many would probably look to renew their wedding vows in a holy place, but there is nothing holy-looking about the building once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane, the abandoned...
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