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Special to the OBSERVER From left are Kathy Peterson of Rural Ministry, Mayor Michael VandeVelde, Rob Dorman of the agency. WESTFIELD — On April 10, the Chautauqua County Rural Ministry held one of it’s Nourish New York distribution days at the Westfield American Legion. About 20 helpful citizens turned out to help unload trucks, stuff bags and boxes with food to hand out. The Chautauqua County Rural Ministry is an interfaith human service agency. They have been awarded a grant through New York state to help local businesses recover from the pandemic. It’s a program that gets food fro...

Rob Dorman and Doug Hulme have filed a lawsuit in Madison County Circuit Court naming the Cities of Edwardsville, Alton, Granite City, and Collinsville as Defendants for their part in the Madison County Public Corruption Task Force as respondeat superior ("let the master answer", or, the employer is responsible for the employee). Plaintiffs are seeking damages in excess of $100,000.00. From the Complaint: At all relevant times herein, the plaintiffs and each of them had a valid and enforceable employment contract with Madison County, Illinois, an Illinois municipal corporation. The conduct ...

Jail project nearly done, prisoners being returned Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail EDWARDSVILLE — The $14 million Madison County Jail renovation is nearly completed with workers out of the cell blocks, according to sheriff’s department officials. Chief Deputy Sheriff Maj. Jeff Connor told the Madison County Board’s Judiciary Committee Friday that several prisoners will be moving from the Alton Police Department to the county jail. “It is going to be a process relocating the inmates in Alton,” Connor said. “That process has started effective today.”...

Gibbons at a press conference announcing details of the Randy Gori murder case EDWARDSVILLE – Former Madison County state’s attorney Tom Gibbons formed a regional police squad to investigate Republicans about a rumor, according to public record of the investigation.  No evidence for the rumor ever turned up.  The team searched for political activity inside the courthouse and found it only on the Democratic side of the fence.  Top Democrats wound up explaining why party messages showed up in their computer mailboxes.  Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, w...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul declined to bring charges against Hulme and Dorman. EDWARDSVILLE – Former Madison County officials Doug Hulme and Rob Dorman say they continue gathering evidence that proves a two-year-long criminal investigation of them was started because they tried to stop Democratic Party political activity on county time.  Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, who investigated Hulme and Dorman for allegedly spying on internal emails of county officials and employees, ended the case in late 2019 after finding no basis for bringing char...