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Car vs. Deer Crash on I-72 Leads to Car Getting Torched

Car vs. Deer Crash on I-72 Leads to Car Getting Torched

By Benjamin Cox on November 12, 2022 at 8:24am

A vehicle was destroyed by fire Thursday night after striking a deer in Scott County.

Illinois State Police reports that an unknown make and model vehicle struck a deer on westbound Interstate 72 near milepost 45 at the Bluffs-Illinois Route 100 exit.

Damage to the vehicle caused a gas line to the engine to ignite causing the vehicle to become fully engulfed in flame. The Winchester Volunteer Fire Department and North Scott Fire Department responded. Fire crew ... Read more

Love’s Travel Stops Opens Five New Locations in Five State

New travel centers provide more safe places for parking where demand for driver services is high.

Love’s Travel Stops opened five new locations across five states, adding more than 450 truck-parking spaces to busy interstates and highw ... Read more

Letter: Reverse the decision and quickly bring back 'Illinoi

Warren D. Winston

My employment contracts, as a consulting pharmacist with a federal agency, have placed me across the country. All four Illinois facilities, plus several in bordering states, have one thing in common. The medical staff, ... Read more

Tanner Lawson Hired as Teutopolis HS Principal

Published on May 16 2022 6:16 pm

Last Updated on May 16 2022 6:20 pm

Written by Greg Sapp

Tanner Lawson was hired as the next principal of Teutopolis High School by the school board Monday night. T ... Read more

Darin Gehrke

SomerCor is proud to announce the hiring of veteran SBA banker, Darin Gehrke, as Senior Vice President and Market Lead for Central and Southern Illinois. Based in Springfield, Gehrke will lead the organization’s expansion of SBA 504 lending and other economic development services in the region. Gehrke comes to SomerCor with more than 15 years of SBA 504 and commercial lending experience. Most recently, Gehrke served as Community Bank President at Town and Country Bank in Jacksonville, Illinois. ... Read more

Missouri Just Confirmed This Quillback and 114-Pound Paddlef

The Missouri Department of Conservation just added two new record fish into its State Record Fish Program. Josh Lawmaster’s quillback and Jim Dain’s paddlefish were both caught using alternative methods last week, and the records were officially ... Read more

More than $2M in Federal Dollars Earmarked for WIU

The IIRA program, "From Seed to Shelf," follows a cooperative model that allows for faster start-up, smaller local investments and community engagement. The Winchester, Illinois store, Great Scott! Community Market, is the IIRA's community-owned stor ... Read more

Illini Track and Field Announce Early 2023 Signing Class

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois track and field program has revealed their early signing class for the 2023 year. First year head coach/director of track and field, Petros Kyprianou , landed eight recruits in this cycle.

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Mayor Pauly believes that all elected officials are servant leaders for the community they represent. As electeds, it is most important that we connect with our community, work to understand the values, goals and priorities of this special community, and reflect that in all the work that we do.