Day: February 12, 2025
Of proud parents, pension debt & wellness
Rambling through central Illinois, relieved there was no KC threepeat. • • • If you sense pride oozing from the pages of this edition, that’s due in part to all the local college students making the Dean’s list at their respective schools. As you may know, we publish names of Dean’s-list honorees who are graduates of the high schools we cover. Actually, we publish the names of some local Dean’s listers. Since so many proud parents and grandparents have asked about the list in recent weeks, here’s how that imperfect process works. Many schools subscribe to Merit Pages, a service…
Homeless 50-year-old arrested in Elmwood
By NICK VLAHOSFor The Weekly Post ELMWOOD – As Elmwood Police Chief Aaron Bean was driving Daniel Coons to jail, he knew this criminal suspect had a substance-abuse problem. More accurately, Bean’s nose knew. “He stunk so bad you could tell he was doing some nasty stuff,” Bean said. “He was in real bad shape.” Bean recounted the journeys and the arrest of Coons, a 50-year-old homeless Peoria man, for the Elmwood City Council when it met Feb. 4.Accused initially of stealing a bicycle from a rack at Elmwood Elementary School, Coons also possessed a methamphetamine pipe and a jar that…
Parent urges Farmington to audit policies
By MOLLY RICHESONFor The Weekly Post FARMINGTON – Another parent has stepped forward urging the Farmington School Board to review and/or audit its policies regarding safety and discipline. Adam Henkhaus of Farmington spoke at the school board’s Monday meeting about an incident involving his son Drew, who was shot in the face with an airsoft gun in the school parking lot on Dec. 16 prior to a band concert. According to the Farmington Student Handbook, “Law enforcement officials will be notified in any situation that involves drugs, drug paraphernalia, weapons, firearms, arson, bomb threat or any situation deemed necessary by administration.”…
Billtown layoffs?
School board to ponder possible cuts By NICK VLAHOSFor The Weekly Post WILLIAMSFIELD – Layoffs might soon be coming to the Williamsfield School District. As many as two certified staff members, two food-service employees and all teachers’ aides would be let go under a proposal Interim Superintendent Rolf Sivertsen presented Monday night to the Williamsfield School Board. The cuts would save the cash-strapped district between about $575,000 and $680,000, depending on how many aides might be recalled. Job reductions are part of Sivertsen’s three-pronged plan to return the district to financial health. The district is to receive money this week from the…
The Weekly Post public record for 2-13-25
NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Police reports • PEORIA – A Farmington man who was in court recently regarding a 2023 drunken-driving charge was intoxicated during that appearance, authorities stated. Remington R. Isbell, 21, was accused of contempt of court in connection with the incident, which happened about 1:45 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Peoria County Courthouse. A Peoria County Sheriff’s Office deputy was told someone in Judge Suzanne Patton’s courtroom might be drunk, according to a report. A test revealed Isbell’s blood-alcohol level was .205. The legal limit is .08….
