Work progresses on new health department building
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- Written by: Bryan Hunt - Breese Journal Editor
Johannes Construction received $157,958.80 for work on the new health department building through Feb. 24, according to health building chairman Ken Knolhoff, sharing that at Monday's Clinton County Board meeting.
Payment comes from the health department building fund.
Ken Knolhoff and County Board Chairman Brad Knolhoff were at the worksite — Tenth and Franklin streets in Carlyle — on March 14, watching crews remove sand and other materials from the site.
This follows the discovery of an old well and fill sand where the excavation took place.
Ken Knolhoff said it was certified that the existing dirt met requirements to support concrete.
On March 15, County Board member Mike Kuhl was on-site watching crews truck in and spread rock at the site.
"Boy, does it look a lot different down there now," Ken Knolhoff said of the change.
He said crews did not have to dig out more dirt than was figured, but they did have to add more rock than was planned.
If the weather holds out, crews are ready to pour footings, he said, though the forecast called for rain Tuesday through Thursday.
A fix in the works
In news from the road and bridge committee, the board approved buying two Freightliner dump trucks, from Truck Centers Inc. of Troy, a single-axle truck at $98,409 and a tandem-axle truck at $107,621.
The cost is chassis and truck only; the county will have to get bids on the dump and hydraulics, County Engineer Dan Behrens said.
Behrens said one would be paid for in this fiscal year and the other truck in the next fiscal year.
Behrens also told the board, as was suggested, he sent letters to the Illinois Department of Transportation regarding the condition of Old U.S. Route 50 between Carlyle and Huey, and Illinois Route 161 between Bartelso and Germantown.
He's not received a response and doesn't expect anything soon.
Jury trial for Ray Tate is rescheduled
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- Written by: Bryan Hunt - Breese Journal Editor
Court dates have been reset in Clinton County for a Hopkinsville, Kentucky, man who is serving a life sentence for the 2021 shooting death of a Wayne County sheriff's deputy. On a motion of the defense, court dates for Ray E. Tate Jr., 41, were rescheduled by Associate Judge Douglas C. Gruenke, during a hearing March 15 in Clinton County Court in Carlyle.
Tate appeared in Clinton County Court via Zoom videoconference. He has been represented by Public Defender Stewart Freeman.
A pre-trial hearing was reset for April 26 at 1 p.m., a final pre-trial hearing was reset for June 5 at 1 p.m., and Tate's jury trial was reset for June 19 at 8:30 a.m. in Clinton County Court.
Tate's jury trial had been set for April 17, with a pre-trial hearing on March 15, and a final pre-trial hearing on April 3 in Clinton County.
Tate pled guilty on March 17, 2022, in Wayne County Court in Fairfield, to an amended count of Class M felony murder and sentenced to life in prison on April 22, 2022, for the killing of Wayne County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Riley.
Tate is facing 30 charges in Clinton County, as spelled out by Clinton County State's Attorney J.D. Brandmeyer, for his alleged criminal actions in the county on Dec. 29, 2021.
Among those charges are aggravated kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping while armed with a firearm, home invasion, residential burglary, aggravated possession of stolen firearms, aggravated battery, aggravated unlawful restraint, and reckless discharge of a firearm.
Tate is serving his sentence at the Illinois Department of Corrections' Menard Correctional Center in Chester.
On Jan. 25 Tate, through Freeman, asked the court for and received a continuance in his Clinton County case, in order to proceed with his Wayne County court case.
Lady Cougars pick up two shutouts
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- Written by: Jeremy Chawgo - Breese Journal Sports Editor
The Central Cougars girls soccer squad got their season off to a 2-1 start with a season-opening setback against Civic Memorial before shutting out Greenville and Marion. The Lady Cougars play at Salem on Thursday and will host Wesclin on Monday.
Central 1, Marion 0: The Cougars picked up their second-straight victory with a win over the Tigers at Triad in the Metro-Cup on Wednesday.
The match was scoreless through one half before the Cougars got the lone goal of the match in the second half.
Central sophomore Ashlyn Gebke set up freshman Lucah Lyons for the game-winner.
Kalie Wellen made eight saves and in the process earned her second shutout of the season.
Central 4, Greenville 0: The Lady Cougars got in the win column in Tuesday’s nonconference tilt with the Comets in Bond County.
It was youth and experience in the Cougars’ first win of the season with senior Melanie Hilmes nabbing two goals while freshman Adalyn Morris added the other two goals in the victory.
Central senior Makenna Lake earned a pair of assists in the win.
Central junior Kalie Wellen grabbed the shutout in net for the Cougars.
With eight minutes gone in the first half, Morris netted her first career goal into the left side of the net.
Morris went back to work 17 minutes later with a goal to the back of the net with 15 minutes left in the opening half.
Hilmes got her first goal of the season with 9:30 left in the half to give Central a 3-0 lead which they enjoyed at the break. Hilmes added another goal for insurance in the second half.
Civic Memorial 7, Central 0: The Cougars dropped their season-opener in the Metro-Cup in Belleville on Monday.
Abrianna Garrett netted a hat trick with two assists for eight points in the win for the Eagles.
Senior Aubree Wallace added two goals for Bethalto with both Avery Huddleston and Myah Lindley having a goal and an assist.
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