By JEFF LAMPE For The Weekly Post FARMINGTON – The Farmington School Board approved an amended budget and other items for the 2022-23 school year. Among those were increasing meal prices: $2.75 for Pre-K to Grade 8 lunch; $2.95 for high school lunch; 35 cents for milk; $1.90 for breakfast. The board also approved Inter-State Studios as district photographer, a Physical Restraint and Isolation Reduction Plan, Mobex Laboratory for on-site testing and Heart Technologies for technology services. Bid requirements were waived to hire Helm Mechnical to install a new indoor airflow unit. The motion for a $5,000 donation to Light Up…

By NICK VLAHOS For The Weekly Post PRINCEVILLE – After a gap of about a year, a member of the Rice family again is managing the Princeville Aquatic Center. Landon Rice of Princeville assumed the part-time position in mid-June, according to Village Trustee Teresa Gilroy. She leads the committee that oversees the village-owned swimming facility, located at 620 Princeville Ave. Rice is heading into his senior year at Knox College in Galesburg, where he is a defensive lineman on the football team. For about a decade through last year, the aquatic-center manager was his father, Nate Rice, who also is a…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Traffic citations & Ordinance violations 6-23 – Christian A.D. Brady – Seat belt required. 6-27 – Rosendo Vargas – Unlicensed, operating an uninsured vehicle and driving 11-14 mph above limit. 6-24 – Gustavo Munoz – Driving 11-14 mph above limit. 6-24 – Karina A. Rivas – Driving 15-20 mph above limit. 6-24 – Charles P. Fischbach – Driving 15-20 mph above limit. 6-27 – James C. Ernst, Jr. – Driving on a revoked license and driving 15-20 mph above limit. Felonies…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Hanna City man arrested for DUI HANNA CITY – A Hanna City man was accused of aggravated drunken driving after he was found asleep in his truck at a rural intersection. Cort A. Dixon, 28, was arrested after he was transported to a Peoria hospital following the incident at about 12:05 a.m. June 26 at Pinkerton and Murphy roads. A passerby told a Peoria County Sheriff’s deputy he saw Dixon sleeping in the front seat of a 2011 Ford F250. Dixon told…

Marriage teaches many lessons. With the knowledge gleaned from marriage, a man can adapt to working in an office staffed by predominantly women. As part of that learning process, a man can realize that bringing a pet snake into the office should never happen again. Oh well. At least we were ahead of the curve in having a milksnake serve as unofficial mascot here at The Weekly Post. Last week, Illinois designated the eastern milksnake as the official state snake. Credit goes to Gentry Heiple, a 7th grader at Carterville Junior High School. Heiple worked with Republican State Rep. Dave…

By JEFF LAMPE For The Weekly Post The race to run against Gov. JB Pritzker is one of the hottest in Illinois’ unusual summer primary being held Tuesday, June 28. Against a backdrop of concern about limited knowledge of the primary hurting turnout, six men are vying to be GOP candidate for governor when the general election is held on Nov. 8. Recent polls for the Republican race show state Sen. Darren Bailey, a farmer from Xenia, has pulled ahead of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin after trailing a few weeks earlier. Both candidates have benefited from mega-donor funding: Bailey receiving a…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Traffic citations & Ordinance violations 6-10 – Thalia L. Currie – Driving 21-25 mph above limit. 6-10 – Dana N. Eble – Driving 21-25 mph above limit. 6-13 – Gary F. Sierens – Driving 21-25 mph above limit. Felonies & Misdemeanors 6-14 – Jacob D. Utenage – Burglary, aggravated assault of peace officer and 2 resisting arrest. 6-17 – Michael C. Dougherty, Jr. – Aggravated battery and resisting arrest. 6-16 – Justin K. Dozard – Domestic battery. Incidents & Accidents Stark…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Elmwood man cited after one-vehicle crash ELMWOOD – A man was cited for drunken driving, among other charges, as the result of a single-vehicle accident south of Oak Hill that injured him and two passengers. William B. Bean, 27, registered a blood-alcohol level of .313 following the accident, which took place about 2:15 p.m. Sunday in the 18000 block of W. Meehan Rd., according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office. The legal blood-alcohol limit for intoxication is .08. Bean sustained a…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Traffic citations & Ordinance violations 6-9 – Tara D. Baker – Driving 21-25 mph above limit. 6-9 – Kaitlyn M. Brown – Driving 21-25 mph above limit. 6-9 – Jerimie A. Gott – Driving 15-20 mph above limit. 6-10 – Misael C. Perez – Operating an uninsured vehicle. 6-4 – Michael D. Smith – Speeding 26-34 mph over limit. 6-4 – Corey A. Dozard – Speeding 26-34 mph over limit. Felonies & Misdemeanors Ordinance violation – Charles D. Slightom, Jr. –…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Correction • TRIVOLI – On May 4, a 2022 Chevrolet utility vehicle driven by Kaylee L. Catton of Farmington rear-ended a 2006 Mazda sedan driven by Bailey M. Kennelly of Yates City. The accident happened in the 18900 block of W. Farmington Rd. A report in the May 19 issue of The Weekly Post transposed who rear-ended whom, based on an incorrect Peoria County Sheriff’s Office report. Police reports • FARMINGTON – A Farmington man was accused of domestic battery and endangering…