Day: May 22, 2024

By NICK VLAHOSFor The Weekly Post PRINCEVILLE – The Princeville School District is considering external entities to oversee its student after-care program.Princeville Superintendent Tony Shinall said he’s contacted three vendors: Champions, operated by KinderCare Learning Centers of Portland, Ore.; the Greater Peoria Family YMCA; and Right At School, based in Evanston. The current in-house Princeville Grade School after-care administrator, teacher’s aide Libby Snyder, might be interested in other open positions in the district, according to Shinall. “She does a really good job, but with finding staff so hard right now, it was at least worth the investigation to see what would…

By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post WILLIAMSFIELD – The Williamsfield Board of Education has decided to hire an interim superintendent of schools after negotiations with a finalist fell through. Following interviews on May 9, the board narrowed the field to two candidates who had been presented after a search conducted by the Illinois Association of School Boards. Those finalists were then interviewed by board members and stakeholders from the district on May 13. “We made an offer to one of the candidates we thought definitely fit the bill,” School Board President Chad Goff said Monday. “We just ran into some hurdles…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Police reports• HANNA CITY – A suspect in the slaying of a former Peoria High School basketball player was apprehended in Hanna City. Messiah Z. Carpenter, 20, was accused of first-degree murder regarding the death of MikeQuese Taylor. He was shot and killed April 30 near Forrest Hill and Knoxville avenues in Peoria. About 6:15 a.m. May 14, law-enforcement authorities searched a residence in the 500 block of N. Main St. in Hanna City. There they found Carpenter, who without incident was taken into custody, according to…