Bond County News

Family Violence Prevention Council Co-Chair Judge Barb Crowder and Council Coordinator Tina Culp from Oasis Women's Center received training about Financial Abuse of the Elderly at the statewide meeting of the Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Councils in Springfield on May 15.

This is the third in a multi-part series on the dodransbicentennial of the founding of Bureau County.

Donald M. Flack, a Wood River-based personal injury lawyer, has been appointed associate judge in the 3rd Judicial Circuit.

Madison County Circuit Judge Ann Callis has been re-appointed to her fourth two-year term as chief judge effective May 1. Callis has served as chief judge since May 1, 2006.

Bond County 911 Coordinator Allan Davis spoke with Effingham County 911 board members Wednesday on how he has made the system in Bond County interoperable.A A lack of interoperability is a problem for Effingham County sheriff's deputies when they're trying to use their portable radios in certain areas.