Brad Choat

1 week ago | advantagenews.com | Brad Choat

Those who crafted a non-binding resolution opposing the so-called “Home School Oversight Bill” being considered at the state level say the Madison County Board is the first to approve such a measure. Members voted 21-5 Wednesday night after hearing speeches by fifteen county residents who asked them to say no to House Bill 2827. That decision came after some board members asked for the resolution vote to be tabled but were turned back.

1 week ago | advantagenews.com | Brad Choat

The sponsor of a so-called “Homeschool Oversight Bill” pulled it from consideration for a full vote in the Illinois legislature last week, but House Republicans warn that doesn’t mean the notion is completely dead. So, the Madison County Board is prepared to vote tonight (Wednesday night) on a non-binding resolution opposing House Bill 28-27. The board’s government relations committee met Monday night and approved it for the full board’s consideration.

1 week ago | advantagenews.com | Brad Choat

Ninety-three Illinois military veterans are getting ready to head to Washington D.C. as guests of the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight program. The group’s first venture of the year takes-off bright and early Tuesday morning from the airport in Springfield. The veterans and their accompanying guardians will be treated to a special meal Monday night at VFW Post 755. The honor flight program takes veterans of the Vietnam era and prior to the nation’s capital to see the war memorials.

1 week ago | advantagenews.com | Brad Choat

Illinois State Police are investigating the death of a detainee at the St. Clair County Jail in Belleville. Sheriff’s deputies say the 38-year-old man was found unresponsive early Friday in a holding cell. He had been transferred from a nearby county after being taken into custody on an outstanding warrant for methamphetamine possession. A sheriff’s department lieutenant says foul play is not suspected. An autopsy will be conducted.

2 weeks ago | advantagenews.com | Brad Choat

A Major Case Squad activation in St. Charles County, Missouri resulted in the arrest of a man whose mother was found stabbed to death. Police say they took 54-year-old Adam Christoph into custody in another state, Saturday, just hours after a neighbor in Lake St. Louis called to have someone check on 79-year-old Karen Cleary. Christoph faces second-degree murder and armed criminal action charges. Police say the investigation remains active.