A Joint Resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives was introduced today to name a portion of Illinois Route 150 after the late Knox County Sheriff's Deputy Nicholas Weist. If passed and signed into law it would designate the stretch of 150 that runs from Main Street in Galesburg to Alpha as the "Deputy Sheriff Nick Weist Memorial Highway." 74th District State Rep. Dan Swanson and 36th District State Senator Neil Anderson are the resolution's sponsors. Weist was killed on April 29 of this year after he was struck by a car driven by a fleeing crime suspect. Weist was 34 years old and was survived by a wife and two children. Weist was the Knox County Trustee for the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Spoon River Valley Lodge 427 at the time of his death. Rep. Swanson says, "We name things after heroes in this nation, and there's no greater hero than Nick Weist, who died protecting his fellow citizens." Senator Anderson adds, "The Nick Weist Me
The Knox County Board recently passed and ordinance legalizing the use of atv type vehicles on some county roads. Knox County Sheriff David Clague joined Tom Meredith and Tyler Gumm on "Galesburg's Morning News" to talk about the issue. http://www.wgil.galesburg.info/audio/11-02-22-Dave.mp3
Five individuals found mentally unfit to stand trial have finally been moved from the Knox County Jail into the Illinois Department of Human Services custody. State's Attorney Jeremy Karlin had filed complaint petitions for all 5. IDHS officials were supposed to appear in Knox County Court for a hearing on Thursday but it was canceled because the point was now moot. Judge Curtis Lane said he wouldn't hesitate in the future to sign orders for IDHS to appear in court if they fail to timely comply with Illinois law. Related to the same issue on Thursday, a Circuit Judge in Sangamon County entered a temporary restraining order in the case of six Illinois Sheriffs' suing Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Knox County Sheriff David Clague is one of the six plaintiffs. The Sheriffs allege IDHS has not been complying with a mandatory 20-day period for transporting mentally ill inmates from county jails into state custody. They say this has caused these counties to incur additional costs while