Greene County News

The H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines are both in short supply in Madison County and some of the neighboring counties.

Friday's heavy rains prompted flood watches and warnings, alerting Telegraph area motorists and residents to the dangers of flooding on low-lying roads along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, as well as multiple creeks and streams.

Samuel A. Ashby, 27, of Murrayville, was arrested Sunday after he attempted to elude Roodhouse police when they tried to make a traffic stop.

Carrollton Bank Chairman Thomas W. Hough said its Jerseyville Banking Center would keep the "personal family touch" when it opens for business today at the bank's large new branch in the southern section of town.

Greene County has not received any vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus yet but will have more than ample supplies once it arrives, the county's top health official said.

A Greene County man was re-sentenced to prison Thursday for violating probation in a 2008 convenience store holdup.

John Schild, a Greene County Sheriff's Department correctional officer for about 11 years, announced his candidacy for sheriff Tuesday.

It's hard to tell today that a rural Eldred farmstead of bluffs, cornfields, pasture and streams held thousands of years of prehistoric living.

A 28-year-old Roodhouse man injured in a one-car crash last weekend remained hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday.

White Hall Police Chief Rob McMillen says he will be a candidate for Greene County sheriff in the February Democratic primary, adding to what is likely to be a crowded field.

Deputy Kyle Jacobs announced Friday he will be a candidate for Calhoun County sheriff in next year's Republican primary.

Greene County State's Attorney Matthew Goetten is getting back into his civilian life since returning to Carrollton last Monday following an 8-month deployment in Afghanistan with the Illinois Army National Guard.

At its recent meeting, the Greene County Board approved two bridge projects and some board appointments.

Illinois State Police have declined to launch a formal investigation of a Kane police officer who residents had accused of threatening to "shoot up Village Hall." State Police officials said the allegations against Delbert Gilliam, the part-time police officer for the Greene County village, appear to be without merit.

A state mandate once again has Greene County officials trying to determine how to afford establishing a Veteran's Assistance Commission.

Greene County Board members remain uncertain over how they can afford to establish a Veteran's Assistance Commission as mandated by state statutes.

A Greenfield man was charged Friday with two counts of aggravated battery for allegedly striking and seriously injuring a Grafton man.

A lawsuit filed in December 2006 against Greene County and its Sheriff's Department by family members of a jail inmate who hanged himself has been settled for $20,000. Chelsea Murphy and Tabitha Barnes filed the lawsuit shortly before the one-year anniversary of their father's November 2005 suicide in the Greene County Jail in Carrollton.

When Marines are called, they respond. In the case of former Marine Rob Cleeton, the same principle applied to his personal life.

The water boil order for the communities of Alsey, Glasgow and Patterson, which purchase water from the Greene County community of Roodhouse, was lifted early Wednesday morning.