Day: June 11, 2025

By NICK VLAHOSFor The Weekly Post PEORIA – An out-of-court settlement was reached in a civil lawsuit on behalf of a Princeville-area woman killed in a two-vehicle crash last year. The settlement of $300,000 was to be paid to the estate of Nevaeh Mitchell, according to documents filed April 30 in Peoria County Circuit Court. The lawsuit her estate filed against the other driver, Levi Dietz, was dismissed with prejudice. That means the case is closed permanently and cannot be refiled. Mitchell, 18, died May 4, 2024, when her vehicle collided head-on with Dietz’s vehicle on Orange Prairie Road north of…

By NICK VLAHOSFor The Weekly Post WILLIAMSFIELD – A shuttered-restaurant site in Williamsfield will have an added attraction to help lure a new tenant. The Williamsfield Village Board decided June 2 to expand by one the number of video-gambling licenses in town, to four. That would allow the building at 102 E. Gale St., which has housed several restaurants in recent years, to house alcohol and gaming. Building owner Lee Strom requested the gaming expansion, according to Village President Robert Johnson.“He has several people interested in setting up a restaurant in there, but they want to have gaming machines and they…

Princeville likely to assist new business By NICK VLAHOSFor The Weekly Post PRINCEVILLE – The new owners of the old Alcoa Building Products plant in Princeville probably will receive long-term village financial assistance for property improvements. When it meets June 17, the Princeville Village Board is likely to consider an official agreement with West Jersey Express, according to Village President Jeff Troutman. The board’s Tax Increment Financing Committee discussed an agreement when it met June 2, immediately before the full board convened. According to Troutman, West Jersey Express probably will be eligible to receive 70% of the increase in property-tax revenue…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.Police reports • FARMINGTON – A Farmington man’s blood-alcohol level was more than four times the legal limit after he was arrested in connection with a domestic-battery incident. Christopher R. Roper, 29, was accused of beating and attempting to strangle a 27-year-old woman about noon May 24 at a residence in the 100 block of S. Main St., according to a Farmington police report. The woman sustained bruises and bleeding on her face. Roper refused to talk with police, who transported him to Graham Hospital in Canton….