MARION — Registration and planning are underway for the 2018 Veterans on Parade, which will begin at 10 a.m. Sept. 8 at Marion Junior High School. The parade travels east to Marion Town Square, where a short memorial service will take place, then continue east to Washington School.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

A 19-year-old Benton man is in custody accused of stealing a 4-wheeler.

Aaron A. Hargett was charged with theft and transported to the Franklin County Jail. 

Benton Police received a 911 call on July 19 in reference to a stolen four wheeler from the 700 block of Locust Street.

Police responded to the area of Industrial Park Road and Bowling Alley Road where the suspect was last seen entering a wooded area.  Officers from the Benton PD, West City PD and Franklin County Sheriff’s Office searched the area on foot, subsequently locating the four-wheeler and a short time later found Hargett.  K9 Units from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and Benton PD were also deployed. K9 “Diego” (FCSO) and K9 “Ranger” (BPD) led officers to additional stolen property in the area.  An investigation into the theft continues.

CHICAGO — Gov. Bruce Rauner announced today he has made appointments and reappointments to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Racing, and Pollution Control Boards.

Appointments

Name: Jason Barclay

Position: Racing Board

The governor has appointed Jason Barclay to the Illinois Racing Board. “His extensive legal experience as well as his work on Indiana’s Horse Racing Commission will be invaluable to the Racing Board,” Rauner said.

Barclay is the general counsel and chief compliance officer for outpatient rehabilitation company Athletico Physical Therapy. He previously served as general counsel for the Office of the Governor as well as a member of the Illinois Board of Education, the Indiana Athletic Commission and Indiana Horse Racing Commission.

A Hinsdale resident, Barclay received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Duke University and a law degree from the University of Virginia.

 Name: Robert Patterson

Position: Chicago Transit Authority Board

The Rev. Robert Patterson has been named to the Chicago Transit Authority Board. Patterson has continuously worked with city leaders and elected officials to aid and support neighboring communities. He collaborated with the City of Chicago to build affordable housing in North Lawndale for first-time homeowners and is an advocate for seniors, veterans and those experiencing homelessness, the governor said.

Patterson received his bachelor’s degree in theology as well as an honorary doctorate from Chicago Baptist Institute. The Chicago resident also has a doctorate in counseling from the Midwest Theological Institute.

Reappointments

Name: U-Jung Choe

Position: Pollution Control Board

The governor has reappointed U-Jung Choe to the Illinois Pollution Control Board (PCB). Choe’s policy development experience along with her familiarity with environmental policy issues has been an asset to the PCB.

Prior to this role, Choe, of River Forest, served as the policy director for Rauner overseeing environmental policy issues. This included working with the Pollution Control Board and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a comprehensive review of existing environmental regulations.

Choe received a bachelor’s degree in political science and Asian studies from Indiana University and earned her law degree at Syracuse University College of Law.

 Name: Cynthia Santos

Position: Pollution Control Board

Cynthia Santos has been reappointed as an Illinois Pollution Control Board member. “Santos is an organizational leader whose commitment and contributions have greatly served PCB and the people of Illinois,” the governor said. 

Prior to joining the PCB, the Chicago resident was a commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, fundraising director and pastoral adviser for St. Viator Parish and a senior manager and trainer for the Illinois Secretary of State.

Santos graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern Illinois University, where she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science.

 Name: Greg Sronce

Position: Racing Board

The governor has reappointed Greg Sronce as a member of the Illinois Racing Board.

Sronce resides in Springfield, where he is an attorney with Stratton, Moran, Reichert, Sronce and Appleton and previously worked as a Sangamon County public defender.

Sronce received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his law degree from Southern Illinois University.

REND LAKE FISHING REPORT
July 20, 2018
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Phone (618) 724-2493
Fax (618) 724-4089
e-mail : rendinfo@usace.army.mil
Web site http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/rend
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MAIN LAKE AND TRIBUTARIES

SPECIES RATING BAIT OF CHOICE SUGGESTED LOCATIONS REGULATIONS

LARGEMOUTH BASS
Fair Minnows, spinner baits, worms, and black and blue jigs, soft plastics. Reports of fish being caught around Jackie Branch, Sandusky Cove, and South Marcum Cove. Fish in shallow bays near brush cover and bushes. Fish around bridges and along the rocks. 14” minimum length limit, 6 daily creel limit.
1 fish daily creel limit in PONDS 14” minimum length.

CRAPPIE

Good Meal worms. Small or medium minnows (8-10 ft. deep).
Quarter-ounce pink and white tub jigs.
Fish Attractors! Fish are moving out to the main lake points. Fish can be found at main points south of Hwy 154. Best action is 8-10 feet deep near brush. From shore, fish near structures, hot spots are South Sandusky, North and South Marcum. Brush piles are holding lots of fish. 25 fish daily creel limit with no more than 10 fish 10 inches or longer

BLUEGILL

Good Small jigs, worms, meal worms, wax worms, crickets. From shore try Sailboat Harbor and Mine 21 Road. Fish shallow with crickets, worms or small jigs. Set bait at half of water depth. Fish in the back of necks and on flat shallow banks and on the rocks. 10 fish daily creel limit in PONDS.

CHANNEL
CATFISH

Excellent Large minnows, leeches, cut shad, shrimp, dip bait, night crawlers, and Sonny’s stink bait. Hoss’s Hawg Bait. Try leeches in moving water. Drift fish the flats. Set line 3-4’ from the shore over rocks and in shallow bays. Waltonville Dam, Turnip Patch, and Jackie Branch. 10-1 feet depth. Creeks doing well. 6 fish daily creel limit in PONDS.
Jugs must be attended at all times while fishing.

WHITE BASS
Fair In-line spinners, jig and curly tail grubs. Reports of fish being caught around the 154 bridges. Fish around along the rocks and drop-offs. Fish in shallow bays near brush cover and bushes. 20 fish creel limit.
No more than 3 fish 17” or longer daily

Information as of: 07/20/2018
LAKE LEVEL: 406.61 AVERAGE POOL FOR THIS DATE: 407.06 WATER TEMP: 83.5°F
Use of a minnow seine, cast net, or shad scoop for bait collecting within 1000 yards downstream of the Rend Lake dam and spillway is prohibited.
Maps of the Fish Attractor tree locations along with GPS locations are available at the Rend Lake Corps of Engineers Project Office or online at www.enjoyrend.com. Contact Mark Cazier for more information at (618) 724-2493.

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The number of women locked up in Illinois prisons would be cut by as much as half under an ambitious proposal by reform advocates who argue that the corrections system has largely ignored the needs of female inmates, many of whom suffered years of trauma, abuse or poverty before winding up behind bars.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Bruce Rauner today signed legislation that expands the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy and cuts the red tape on future construction projects, allowing the administration to move quickly to build a new state-of-the-art facility at the campus.

“We’re building a brand new facility and making sure our veterans have a safe place to call home,” Rauner said. “Building this new facility should not be caught up in the bureaucratic process. Our veterans deserve the best. They have fought to secure our freedom and we’re fighting to make sure they have the care they need for generations to come.”

Rauner signed Senate Bill 3128, allowing the state to use the design-build delivery method to renovate, rehabilitate and rebuild the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Quincy. This method will eliminate redundant steps in the traditional state construction process, shave months off the overall project time and save taxpayer dollars.

EAST ST. LOUIS — Strawberry (Deon) Hampton, the transgender woman who has sued multiple times the Illinois Department of Corrections for repeated alleged abuses, has again filed for emergency relief.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.