Families Upset With Quad Cities Zoo Over Memorial Plaque Removal


(Coal Valley, IL)  --  Zoo managers in the Quad Cities say they didn't properly explain why they removed memorial plaques from across the zoo.  A number of families told the Dispatch-Argus yesterday that they are upset that the zoo never explained why their plaques were removed.  Niabi Zoo director Lee Jackson yesterday said the zoo had a plan to replace broken or worn plaques, but then decided to remove all of them.  Jackson says they're planning to create a new, centralized memorial garden at the zoo.

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Bustos Continues Cheri on Shift in Peoria and Fulton Counties On Thursday

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(Canton, IL)  --  The Represenative from the 17th Congressional District in Illinois participated in another Cheri on Shift.  Congresswoman Cheri Bustos made stops in Peoria, Canton and Wee-Ma-Tuk just west of Canton on Thursday.  While in Canton stopped at Spoon River Electric before traveling to Wee-Ma-Tuk where Bustos started her 72nd Cheri on Shift installing lights for Spoon River Electric.  Bustos said that something she has learned since she started is there is a lot of good people are out there trying to support their families. Bustos spent the morning in Peoria at PMP Fermentation Products, a manufacturer of gluconate. While in Canton and Wee-Ma-Tuk yesterday afternoon, Bustos helped begin a project to convert mercury vapor/high pressure sodium lights to LED lights.
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Fulton County Rehabilitation Center, Inc. August 2018 Staff of the Month

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(Canton, IL)  --  Fulton County Rehabilitation Center, Incorporated has announced the Staff of the Month for August.  Laura Peters has been selected as Staff of the Month for August of this year.  Peters is the Program Support Person, and has been with FCRC since February 2016. As the Program Support Person, Peters plans and schedules events for the individuals served both inside and outside the facility. She has been very busy this summer planning events such as trips to the zoo, shopping, library, fire station, local parks, the movie theater, Camp Big Sky, and the orchard, to name a few. Peters also brought in individuals for educational events, a pampering day, and craft activities. Peters is dependable, flexible and fills in wherever she is needed. She gets along with everyone and takes special pride in her one-on-one interactions with the individuals she serves. Peters is now eligible for 2018 Staff of the Year.
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Police, Courts and Fire Beat - Friday, August 24, 2018

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Four Wounded, One Arrested In Quad Cities Stabbing (Rock Island, IL)  --  A Rock Island man is looking at a host of felony charges after police say he went on a stabbing spree Tuesday.  Prosecutors yesterday filed charges against 29-year-old Dmarlo Bryant.  Investigators say he stabbed a 44-year-old woman, a six-year-old boy, and a 19-year-old woman, and bit a 22-year-old man.  But they are not saying why.  Police say none of the injuries are life threatening. McLean County Coroner Calls Penis Harvesting Story Fake (Bloomington, IL)  --  The coroner in Bloomington is assuring people that no one in her office is harvesting penises.  McLean County Coroner Kathy Davis this week started spreading the word after she says a fake news website published a story about someone who doesn't work in her office stealing men's private parts.  Davis says the phones rang off the hook at her office after the story first started making the rounds. Illinois...
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