By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post The Peoria Sheriff’s Department’s comprehensive crime statistics for 2019 show fluctuations in some property crimes, crimes against people, and traffic enforcement, and Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell sees a few common threads that contribute to incidents. First, the eight Peoria County townships in The Weekly Post’s circulation area where the County was the main responding agency demonstrate a few noteworthy changes in a few places: • Thefts in Princeville and Princeville Township fell from 14 in 2018 to 3 last year. • Traffic citations were up slightly in Brimfield and Brimfield Township, from 16 to…

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post ELMWOOD – Elmwood schools apparently won’t be getting a new, free electric bus from money from the settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the shutdown of the E.D. Edwards power station in Bartonville. The Review Board considering grant applications from funds set aside by Edwards owner Vistra Energy asked to have Elmwood removed from consideration, keeping school districts closer to the site, according to Superintendent Chad Wagner at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. Farmington, Princeville and Dunlap also were excluded, said Williamsfield superintendent Tim Farquer. His school is still under consideration for the grant. “We’re…

Of relocated cats and losing our religion By JEFF LAMPE Rambling through central Illinois, hoping Andy Reid gets to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy on Sunday.  The other day in Toulon, I ran into Wendy Cunningham of Laura, who was a participant in our cat relocation project a few years ago. You may recall the project: my sons and I spent a summer trapping feral felines and then transporting them to anyone who wanted a cat for their barn or shed. Well, Wendy’s report was not encouraging. It seems the cats she got took off immediately and were never seen…