Belle Rive News

Staff Report MT. VERNON - A Belle Rive man was arrested for driving under the influence after his vehicle was hit by a train.

If a new JK to Grade 12 school in Tecumseh means a 45-minute to an hour bus ride for Shirley Stratichuka s children twice a day, count them out.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Residents in Moores Prairie are a little closer to getting water service, but there are still questions on whether Belle Rive will provide the water or if the township will start its own water company.

Police reports have been released from the accident Saturday at the intersection of North Log Cabin and North Goshen Lanes that claimed the life of an 84-year-old Belle Rive woman.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The first two clinics to administer the H1N1 flu vaccine have been scheduled by the Jefferson County Health Department, with District 80 students being offered the shots first.

Editor's Note: This is the second installment of a series of stories outlining information recently released as part of the Community Report Card.

Mt. Vernon Police Department Arrests Cassmen D. Hughes-Disroe, 21, of the 1400 block of South 12th Street, was arrested Tuesday at 4:57 p.m. on a charge of domestic battery.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com BELLE RIVE - Now that the growing season is coming to a close, that doesn't mean that Debbra Arndt and her husband have stopped providing food for area seniors and the disabled - but it does mean they have added another mission - to provide them with socks.

From Rend Lake College INA - Rend Lake College Foundation CEO Pat Kern announced today that nursing student Autumn Burton is the recipient of the Warren-Holler Memorial Scholarship.

" The Amherstburg Police Service is asking people to be aware and be vigilant of suspicious activity at their home or a neighbours home or vehicle.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com BELLE RIVE - Deborah Aydt knows what it is to go without, but decided years ago that she could do something to make sure seniors and the disabled didn't go hungry.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com MT. VERNON - Twelve pre-kindergarten sites in Jefferson County which are funded through the Regional Office of Education will be reduced as a result of the Illinois State Board of Education cuts.

By KANDACE MCCOY kandace.mccoy@register-news.com MT. VERNON - The Jefferson County Fire Protection District is not required to respond to calls in the village of Belle Rive if there is no chief, according to JFPD Chief Mike Huntman.

A federal judge has sentenced ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's former chief fundraiser to 37 months in prison for hiding his use of company funds to pay gambling debts and other expenses from the Internal Revenue Service.

The bride wore white - and a face mask. Ilana Jackson and Jeremy Fierstien of Chicago wore surgical masks and latex gloves to their wedding last Sunday after finding out less than 48 hours before that they had swine flu.

A gun that helped end the bank robbing career of John Dillinger is going to the highest bidder.

A man accused of posing as a doctor to buy vials of deadly puffer fish toxin has been charged with planning to use it to kill his wife and collect $20 million in life insurance.

Chicago police have arrested a mother who was allegedly reaching for a bottle of whiskey when her SUV crashed, injuring her 9-year-old daughter.

By ALICIA SHELDON Register-News BELLE RIVE - Each year, thousands of cyclists come together in Michigan, not only building muscle and endurance, but also building awareness about the disease of Multiple Sclerosis.

By TESA CULLI tesa.culli@register-news.com BENTON - The Rend Lake Conservancy District has approved a standard water contract to be used between the district and municipalities.