Rich Egger

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Articles

Macomb hires firm to help create Business Development District

3 weeks ago | tspr.org | Rich Egger

Macomb will get some outside help as it looks to create a Business Development District. The city council agreed to hire the Illinois-based firm Jacob and Klein, LTD. The firm specializes in helping Illinois communities create and manage Tax Increment Finance districts and other business incentive programs, such as BDDs.Mayor Mike Inman said the state law to create these districts is complicated. The firm will help ensure the city does everything correctly.
Red Dragon Gallery: Giving some love to an old church building in Macomb

3 weeks ago | tspr.org | Rich Egger

Ryan Taylor and Nicole Kehrer were interested in buying an old church building. They wanted a place they could call home, and a place where they also could create art. They found what they were looking for in western Illinois. Unloved propertiesTaylor said the couple from Denver, Colo., spent more than five years talking about buying an old church building. They spent three years actively looking. “We had been looking all around the country for a church to give some love to,” he said.
Garrison sentenced to time served in Macomb fatal stabbing

4 weeks ago | tspr.org | Rich Egger

A McDonough County judge sentenced a Macomb woman to what amounts to time served for the February 7, 2023, stabbing death of her husband. Judge Nigel Graham sentenced Portia Garrison, now 30, to four years in prison. She is required to serve 50% of the sentence, with credit for the 844 days she has already served in the McDonough County jail. She was also ordered to pay $9,762 in restitution to the family of the victim, Ricky Haymer, 27.
Macomb to demolish more rundown houses

1 month ago | tspr.org | Rich Egger

The demolition of more dilapidated houses around Macomb should begin by the end of June. The city council agreed to hire Macomb-based Stoneking and Sons Demolition and Excavating to demolish up to 23 houses. The company submitted the low bid of $153,000. Three other businesses also submitted bids. Second ward city council member John Vigezzi said it will be nice to see dilapidated houses torn down.
Suspect in Colchester homicide takes his own life

1 month ago | tspr.org | Rich Egger

A man who was a suspect in the murder of a Colchester woman early this year has taken his own life. Erick Warren Spears, 35, called the county’s emergency dispatch center at around 7 a.m. on Saturday, May 24, saying he was suicidal. McDonough County Sheriff Nick Petitgout said deputies went to his home and tried to contact him. They then entered the apartment and found his body. Spears lived at 596 N.
Macomb schools seeking bus drivers

1 month ago | tspr.org | Rich Egger

The “help wanted” sign is out as Macomb School District 185 prepares to handle its own transportation services. Superintendent Patrick Twomey said they’re looking for full and part-time bus drivers, and he said the district can be flexible with schedules. “If you’re somebody out there who says, I wouldn’t mind driving but I’d only like to drive two days a week, call us.
Macomb to seek bids for Thorpe Park project

1 month ago | tspr.org | Rich Egger

Macomb is taking the next step toward creating a park named in honor of the city’s first Black police officer. William H. Thorpe Memorial Park will be located on a triangular plot of land in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of East Pierce Street. The city council this week agreed to seek bids for doing the concrete and grade work at the site. Community Development Director Miranda Lambert told the council this will give the city an idea of how much that will cost.
No hats or hoods in Macomb School District classrooms

1 month ago | tspr.org | Rich Egger

Macomb School District 185 will make some changes to its dress code for next school year. The district will not allow students to wear hats in the classroom, and the hood on hoodies must be down. It’s part of a new policy that will prohibit the use of cell phones and earbuds in classrooms. “If a student is wearing a stocking cap, you can’t really see if they have earbuds in. Or if they have their hoodie up, you can’t really see anything,” said Superintendent Patrick Twomey.
Macomb to create strategic plan to ‘help focus our direction’

1 month ago | tspr.org | Rich Egger

Macomb’s city administrator said the city has a lot of things in the works, so they’ll be coming up with a plan to help guide city staff. Macomb has budgeted $20,000 this fiscal year for strategic planning, and will hire a Galena-based firm to lead the process. City Administrator Scott Coker said he will work with Mayor Mike Inman and the city council to come up with two or three major goals and objectives for each department.
Person arrested in FBI raid in Macomb wanted in murder case

1 month ago | tspr.org | Rich Egger

The man arrested during a raid in Macomb is accused of participating in the murder of a federal witness. Delrico Nelson, 48, is one of three men charged in the case with conspiracy to tamper with a witness by killing and conspiracy to retaliate against a witness by killing. The other two men are from Louisville, Ky.Local law enforcement assisted the FBI in arresting Nelson on Macomb’s northeast side on Thursday, May 8.