Day: October 16, 2024

By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post KEWANEE – The Princeville boys cross country team defended its Lincoln Trail Conference title last Thursday at Midland Golf Club. The victory came by the tightest of margins as the 17th-ranked Princes edged Annawan-Wethersfield, 30-31. Four Princeville runners finished in the top 10 to earn all-conference honors, led by senior Tucker Sennett, who was third in 16:37. The other all-LTC runners were junior Taylor Hess (5th, 16:54), sophomore Jacob Bosch (6th, 17:16) and freshman Hunter Keyster (7th, 17:23). Sophomore Collin Bowers (14th, 18:14) was the fifth runner for Princeville. “Hess, Bosch, Keyster and (freshman Michael)…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Police reports• PRINCEVILLE – A Princeville man admitted guilt regarding an apparent domestic-violence incident. Peoria County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched about 11:15 a.m. Oct. 4 to a residence in the 6000 block of Illinois Route 90. A telephone call from a 10-year-old indicated Marco A. Pequeno Jr., 40, was beating up an unidentified person, according to a redacted sheriff’s-office report. Accused of unlawful restraint and domestic battery/bodily harm, Pequeno was transported to the Peoria County Jail. But he was deemed unfit medically to be confined,…