NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Peoria woman survives Kickapoo kayak trip EDWARDS – For hours on July 23, police and friends searched for Dawnn R. Chapman of Peoria, who went missing after she was left to kayak in Kickapoo Creek near Edwards. But Chapman eventually turned up at a Kickapoo gasoline station, where she walked after her kayak overturned, she said. About noon, Chapman, 28, drove to Illinois Route 8 and Taylor Road, parked her vehicle and launched her kayak, according to her boyfriend’s report to…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Traffic citations & Ordinance violations 6-28 – Robson D. Newbold – Driving 15-20 mph above limit. 6-28 – Detrik L. Hendee – Driving 15-20 mph above limit. 6-30 – Aisha M. Uzzardo-Butler – Transportation of alcohol/passenger. 7-3 – Natasha L. Johnston – Driving 21-25 mph above limit. 7-3 – Jennifer B. McLemore – Driving 15-20 mph above limit. 7-2 – Jadin K. Gillan – Speeding 35+ mph over limit. 7-5 – Amos E. Anderson – Unlicensed and driving 15-20 mph above…

NOTE: Charges are merely an accusation. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Elmwood woman, daughter hurt in crash KNOXVILLE – An Elmwood woman and her teen-age daughter sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident July 4 in Knox County, where a woman was accused of drunken driving. The accident happened about 10:45 p.m. July 4 on Illinois Route 97 near U.S. Route 150 east of Knoxville. According to the Illinois State Police, a 2010 blue Chrysler van driven by Brittney Thomas, 29, of Galesburg was headed north on Route 97 when it failed to…

Galva’s Freedom Fest is among the many local events scheduled for the July 4 weekend. The three-day Freedom Fest culminates Monday, July 4, with a fireworks show at dusk by Pyrotecnico at the Galva Park District. Prior to that there is a busy slate of events (highlighted in the schedule at left) in Galva, with activities for all ages and plenty of food, including Messiah Lutheran Church hosting its 30th annual pork chop supper July 3 from 5-7 p.m. at Wiley Park. Sandwiches are $4, add chips and drink for $1. Rain location is at the church. The band High…

By JEFF LAMPE For The Weekly Post Gov. JB Pritzker will find out Nov. 8 whether spending millions to pick his Republican foe was a good idea or not. Unofficial results show State Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) won the Republican gubernatorial primary held Tuesday. With 58 percent of the vote counted, Bailey led a crowded Republican field with 56.9 percent of the vote. Jesse Sullivan was at 15.9 percent and Richard Irvin was running third at 15.5 percent. Pritzker, who won easily on the Democrat side, spent heavily on ads for Bailey in the primary, a practice that seems certain to…

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…