South Jacksonville, IL

The South Jacksonville village board meets tonight in regular session at Village Hall. The board will hear updates from the fire, police and public works departments. Trustees will be asked to approve a tourism grant for the rotary Club Oktoberfest at a cost of $7500. The money comes from tourism funds. The board plans to […]

Sewer work will prompt a road closure in South Jacksonville next week. The intersection of Michigan and Diamond will be closed starting Monday until further notice due to replacement of a sewer main. Local traffic for Pendick and Southville will need to use Church Street for access. Detour for traffic heading west on Michigan will […]

South Jacksonville has its sights set on a grant that would help pay for the water main replacements in the village. The South Jacksonville held a public hearing on the grant application prior to Thursday night’s village board meeting. President Dick Samples says the grant would come through the department of commerce and economic opportunity […]

A public hearing on a grant application is planned before the South Jacksonville village board meeting tonight. The village is seeking close to $1 and a half million in grant funds through the state department of commerce and economic opportunity, and the community development block grant program. The money would be used to replace older […]

The South Jacksonville village board approved a new budget last night. Village president Dick Samples says the budget stretches from May 1st through April 30th next year. Samples says the budget has been adjusted upward. He says the budget runs about 3-percent higher than a year ago, and he praised department heads for holding the […]