Month: August 2022

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Police reports • BRIMFIELD – An Elmwood man was implicated in a domestic-violence incident in Brimfield. Blake D. Lawson, 27, was arrested about 4:30 a.m. Aug. 7 in the 100 block of W. Knoxville St., according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were summoned to that Brimfield location several hours earlier. There they found Lawson and a 25-year-old woman whose clothes were ripped and who was not wearing pants or underwear, according to a sheriff’s-office report. Her clothes were scattered…

Village passes ordinance By JEFF LAMPE For The Weekly Post BRIMFIELD – Brimfield took one step closer to a 12-acre community solar project on Monday when the Village Board voted 5-1 in favor of an ordinance establishing regulations for solar installations. If three other hurdles are cleared, a proposed Jubilee Solar project on the east side of the village could generate up to $41,000 per year in benefits for the school district and an additional $5,500 for local taxing bodies according to the developer, Trajectory Energy Partners. Timing of the decision led to the lone dissenting vote cast by Trustee Paul…

By NICK VLAHOS For The Weekly Post HANNA CITY – At least five vehicle-burglary cases were reported recently in the Hanna City area, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office. Locations in Hanna City included the 400 block of N. Lakeshore Drive, the 200 block of N. Runkle St., and two in the 300 block of N. Phil Gould Drive. All incidents were reported the morning of July 21. One Phil Gould Drive resident reported three vehicles burglarized, according to the sheriff’s office. Among missing items were pocket knives and a pair of sunglasses valued at $700. Another resident of that block…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Peoria woman survives Kickapoo kayak trip EDWARDS – For hours on July 23, police and friends searched for Dawnn R. Chapman of Peoria, who went missing after she was left to kayak in Kickapoo Creek near Edwards. But Chapman eventually turned up at a Kickapoo gasoline station, where she walked after her kayak overturned, she said. About noon, Chapman, 28, drove to Illinois Route 8 and Taylor Road, parked her vehicle and launched her kayak, according to her boyfriend’s report to…