Jersey County Journal is produced weekly by River County News and is published by Better Newspapers,
River County News is headquartered in Jerseyville, Ill., and produces the Jersey County Journal, along with the Calhoun News-Herald, Greene Prairie Press, Scott County Times, and P*ke Press.
The Jersey County Board approved a motion to include a question on the November ballot about separating from Cook County to form a new state.
Jersey County Board approves “Illinois Separation Referendum” for November ballot By Editor | May 17, 2024 | 0 The Jersey County Board voted to include an “Illinois Separation Referendum” on the November ballot. A motion to include the item on the ballot was presented by the Finance Committe...
The Grafton Art Gallery has set a new grand opening date for Saturday, May 25.
Grafton Art Gallery announces new grand opening date with showcase honoring veterans By Editor | April 22, 2024 | 0 After postponing their March grand opening, the Grafton Art Gallery has set a new date for their grand opening on Saturday, May 25, at 301 East Main Street. Donna and Gene Smith have a...
Next month is Women’s Small Business Month and the Jersey County Journal will be recognizing local businesswomen. If you are a small business owner or know someone you would like to recognize contact Dana Angle at [email protected], Jane Morgan at [email protected] or call 618-498-1234.
River County News is looking for a receptionist for our Jerseyville office and driver for Calhoun County. For more information contact us at 618-498-1234.
A meeting to determine the future of Downtown Country Christmas will take place on Tuesday, June 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Feyerabend Building.
JERSEY: Future of Downtown Country Christmas to be discussed at June 27 meeting By Editor | June 14, 2023 | 0 PROTECTED CONTENT If you’re a current subscriber, log in below. If you would like to subscribe, please click the subscribe tab above. Username Password Lost your password? Username and Pas...
The Fieldon Independence Day Celebration is coming up. Next Saturday, June 24, at 12 p.m.
PCRE holds ribbon cutting for new Jerseyville location.
PCRE opens new Jerseyville location June 1 By Editor | June 7, 2023 | 0 PROTECTED CONTENT If you’re a current subscriber, log in below. If you would like to subscribe, please click the subscribe tab above. Username Password Lost your password? Username and Password Help Please enter your email and...
Wild Arrows Auction will be having a small animal auctions this summer on Friday, June 23, July 28, and August 25 at the Jersey County Fairgrounds at 6 p.m.
The Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair returns to Pere Marquette this weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
34th Annual Two Rivers Family Fishing Fair this Saturday By Editor | June 7, 2023 | 0 PROTECTED CONTENT If you’re a current subscriber, log in below. If you would like to subscribe, please click the subscribe tab above. Username Password Lost your password? Username and Password Help Please enter ...
In case you missed it! How cool is this new Jerseyville little library?!
Lighthouse and a library By Editor | June 7, 2023 | 0 By Steven Spencer Steven Spencer/Jersey County JournalA new Little Free Library was made by Chris Maness on North Giddings Avenue. The little library is modeled after the St. Augustine Lighthouse and is packed with books and information on events...
The 34th Annual Two Rivers Family Fishing returns to Pere Marquette next Saturday, June 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Jersey Panthers play against Highland at 6 p.m. tonight in the IHSA Regionals at the Snyders Sports Complex following the Troy and Taylorville game 6 p.m.
The Panther beat Alton in softball on the road yesterday, 7-0. The Panthers play East St. Louis in Regionals tonight in Jerseyville.
The Jersey Panthers fell to the Alton Redbirds last night, 5-4. Varsity softball is set to host Edwardsville at 4:30 p.m. this afternoon.
A family of geese took advantage of the warm weather this afternoon and went for a swim at the Wock Family Lake.
Congratulations to the Jersey Community High School Class of 2023. Check out this year's graduates in the May 10th edition of the Jersey County Journal and online at https://rivercountynews.com/.
JERSEY: High speed motorcyclist airlifted from Jerseyville accident Friday May 3, 2023 SCOTT: BP liquor license suspended May 3, 2023 GREENE: Construction of Veterans Memorial Walkway underway May 3, 2023 CALHOUN: County Board discusses elevator project May 2, 2023 PIKE: Livestock coming back to P*k...
The Jersey Community High School Class of 2023 graduate photos were published in this week's Jersey County Journal! Don't forget to pick up a copy!
The Jerseyville Rotary Club Chili Fest is Tuesday, March 14, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Jerseyville First Baptist Church. Tickets can purchased at the door or from Rotary Club Members Sue Beach, Sharon Cameron, Laura Dugas, Dennis Ford, Kim Hardin, John Houseman, Charles Huebner, Beth King, Mike LaTempt, Kara Ontis, Judy Pruitt, Don Schaaf, Wayne Schafer, Mark Schaefer, Jim Siebert, or Pamela Weber.
Happening this weekend!
Hamilton Primary School Festival happening this weekend By Editor | September 22, 2022 | 0 By Austin Andre River County News Hamilton Primary School The Village of Otterville will be holding its 39th annual festival at the historic Hamilton Primary School this Saturday, Sept. 24, and Sunday, Sept. 2...
Send us your top 10 photos as you celebrate with family and friends this Fourth of July
Are you all ready for the Big Game Sunday? We hear it is a "super" time to sit down with a "bowl" of chips and hangout. Who are you rooting for: the Chiefs or the Buccaneers? Are planning on representing these teams in any way? We are looking for pictures of any celebrating you might do on a day that in many households is a yearly celebration. The first 5 submissions will be in the upcoming issues of the paper. They must include local individuals and should include their name, what town they are from, and a brief description of what they are doing. Please comment below with your submissions.
We loved the photos of your time in the snow last week. We are especially happy locals kids took advantage of the day and got out to have some fun in the snow. Be sure to check out this week's issue, which includes some of the photos submitted by those in the community.
It feels like winter has finally come, if not evident by what felt like the first significant snowfall of the season this week. Did you jump out into the snow? If so, we would love to see your snow photos. The first 10 submissions will be in the upcoming issues of the paper. They must include individuals and should include their name, what town they are from, and a brief description of what they are doing. Please comment below with your submissions.
👨🌾 👩🌾 🧑🌾Attention! We are calling on all you local farmers out there for submissions to the Jersey County Journal. 🌽🌽🌽
We are a few weeks into the harvest season, and we are wanting to see your efforts getting ready for the season or out harvesting. From fixing up the combine or actually harvesting the grain🚜, we want to publish your photo submissions to show everyone your efforts out in the fields.
We will publish the first 15 submissions in a future issue of the newspaper (One photo per submission). The submissions must include the name of the individual(s) in the photo and the town they live in. Also too, briefly explain what is happening in the photo. Please comment on this post with your submission and information.
🧟♀️🧛🏻🧙🏻♀️Attention! We are calling on ghouls, goblins, witches, and Halloween enthusiasts for submissions to the Jersey County Journal.🧙🏻♂️🧛🏻♀️🧟♂️
We want to see the spooky and fun scenes you’re setting to get in the holiday spirit this year. Indoor or outdoor, witches or werewolves, we want to publish them so everyone can enjoy them.
So dust off those skeletons in your closet and let your werewolves out of their kennels. It’s time to get spooky!
We will publish the first 25 submissions in a future issue of the newspaper (One photo per submission). The submissions must include the name of the individual or family responsible for the decorations and the town.
Whoooooa, Jersey County!
When we said we wanted submissions, we were not expecting the overwhelming response! You did not disappoint!
You've given us way more photos than we could ever run in a single edition.
Because this is a big year and one we're all going to remember probably forever, we're going to give you all until tonight at 8 p.m. before we close submissions. Then we're going to run these pictures for as long as it takes to get them all into the paper. Not everybody will be able to make it in this week, but everybody will make it in at some point in August or September.
We're so grateful you're all sharing your memories with us, and we're so proud to be a part of Jersey County!
Thank you!
Thank you SO much for your submissions, we are full! You all submitted well over 100 photos and we are so excited to run them in the coming months. Unfortunately, we will not be accepting any more after this point, but make sure you're following the Jersey County Journal to see future calls for submissions!
Batters up!
JPRD has resumed what sports they can, and there’s lots of little league games happening all over the area. We want to remind you that we’re always accepting sports photo submissions of the our area’s up and coming sports stars!
Just remember to include names and towns of residence for all those pictured in submissions. We’ll run them anytime we have space we need to fill in the paper.
It’s time for school!
And while we know that the first day is going to look different for everybody this year, we want to see your first day back pictures, regardless of where you’re learning from.
Teachers, show us your classrooms! Students, show us your new back to school gear! Parents, show us you relaxing and watching television for the first time since March! Just kidding, that would probably be a boring photo.
Whether your student is homeschooling, remote learning or returning to in-person classes, we’d love to be able to share your pictures with the community.
Please include names, grade levels and the school the child is attending and make sure all photos do have a human in them.
Thanks so much, and have a wonderful first week of school!
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