Two indicted for Collinsville gunfight Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail EDWARDSVILLE Two men from Springfield, Illinois, have been indicted by a Madison County grand jury related to a gunfight in late August in several Collinsville parking lots. Jessie R. Bates Jr., 33, and Marlin R. Thompson Jr., 27, were indicted on charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm, a Class 1 felony. Bates was also indicted for unlawful possession of weapons by a felon, a Class 2 felony. The case was originally presented by the Collinsville Police Department. According to court documents and information from the Collinsville Police Department, on Aug. 29 the two allegedly traded gunfire in the parking lots of the Waffle House restaurant and St. Louis Break Co. near Collinsville Crossing and N. Bluff Road.
White Dog Woodworking mixes old-fashioned skill with high-tech tools FacebookTwitterEmail 1of30 Tom Officer and his son, Andy Officer, own White Dog Woodworking at 59 Field St. in Torrington. The 20-year-old company moved into a warehouse space formerly occupied by a wind energy company several years ago, and have since expanded their operations to include state-of-the-art, digital equipment to create the wood pieces they use in numerous commercial and residential building projects in Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts.Emily M. Olson / Hearst Connecticut Media /Show MoreShow Less 2of30 Tom Officer, above, and his son, Andy Officer, own White Dog Woodworking at 59 Field St. in Torrington.Emily M. Olson / Hearst Connecticut Media /Show MoreShow Less
Skip to main content Currently Reading As area utilities get ready for growing season, how much can CT residents expect to pay for water use this summer? FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3 Putnam Reservoir in Greenwich, Conn., photographed on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of3 For most of Connecticut, spring and summer months are peak usage periods for the state’s water utilities. As a result, customers maintaining a lush, green lawn, slaking the thirst of garden vegetables or washing a car may end up paying higher premiums from Aquarion Water in Bridgeport, Connecticut Water Co. in Clinton and the Regional Water Authority in New Haven.
Police news for Thursday, April 1 FacebookTwitterEmail ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Geneva N. Powell, 25, of 302 N. Clay Court was arrested on a domestic battery charge at 1:49 p.m. Wednesday after being accused of being in a physical altercation with a family member, whom she then dragged with her vehicle. ACCIDENTS • Danielle R. Pollard, 36, of Jacksonville was cited on a charge of disobeying a stop sign after the car she was driving and one being driven by Robert N. Caldwell, 64, of Jacksonville collided at 3:47 p.m. Wednesday at Hardin and East College avenues. THEFTS, BURGLARIES • A red Schwinn tricycle worth $160 was stolen between 11 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday from the backyard of a residence in the first block of Shiloh Drive.
Biggest Loser finalist will teach at Greenville Ron DeBrock, ronald.debrock@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail Soyna Jones, a 2014 finalist from NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” will teach at her alma mater, Greenville University, this fall. GREENVILLE A finalist from NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” is returning to teach at Greenville University where she earned her degree. Sonya Jones has been selected to join the Greenville faculty as a professor of sports and kinesiology. She will begin her role at Greenville University in Bond County this fall. “I am very excited to return to my alma mater,” Jones says. Jones is a 1996 alum of Greenville University. She was a first-place runner-up on the 16th season of the NBC TV show, The Biggest Loser.
High winds leave more than 1,500 without power FacebookTwitterEmail Several towns across Connecticut are experiencing power outages due to high winds that blew between Friday night and Saturday morning. Among the hardest-hit towns were Harwinton with about 298 outages, Middletown with 290, Newtown with 187 and Litchfield with 185. Woodstock and Weston have also reported over 100 outages as of 7:43 a.m. Saturday morning and there are other, smaller clusters of outages scattered around the state. An Eversource outage map reported 1,530 outages statewide as of 8:30 Saturday morning. Harwinton First Selectman Michael Criss said the town received wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour, the heaviest ones striking between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Saturday morning. The majority of outages have been traced back to Route 4, which a portion of is currently closed off as Eversource crews work to fix a downed power line. However, there are “little clusters” of about 10 to 12 outages lingering throughout Harwinton.
Appellate court allows Macoupin water project FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 This map illustrates the planned Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Company project.Graphic Courtesy Of Meco-Heneghan EngineersShow MoreShow Less 2of3 In this October 2018 photo, Carlinville Mayor Deanna Demuzio, who died in October, examines the city’s existing water plant. Representatives of the Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Co. say a March 2 appellate ruling will now let plans proceed for the project.File photoShow MoreShow Less 3of3 CARLINVILLE In a March 2 ruling, the Fourth District Appellate Court of Illinois reversed the decision of a lower court and ordered the district court to issue a summary judgment that the Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Co. can continue to operate as a valid corporation.
Court reverses water system dissolution Carlinville, others applaud ruling on $66 million project Jill Moon Hearst Illinois FacebookTwitterEmail Carlinville Mayor Deanna Demuzio tours the city’s existing water plant in 2018. Demuzio died in October. Representatives of the Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Co. say a March 2 appellate ruling will let plans for the project proceed.File CARLINVILLE An appeals court decision means a company that had been told to dissolve under a lower court ruling can start providing water service for Carlinville and other municipalities. In a ruling Tuesday, the Fourth District Appellate Court of Illinois reversed a decision by a lower court. It ordered the district court to issue a summary judgment that the Illinois Alluvial Regional Water Co. can continue to operate as a valid corporation.
Skip to main content Currently Reading The conversion of a toxic Danbury site into a safe home for women and kids in crisis takes shape FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Construction continues on a 20-bed home for women and children in crisis at a formerly contaminated site on Rose Hill Avenue, in Danbury, Conn., Monday March 1, 2021.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of8 Construction continues on a 20-bed home for women and children in crisis at a formerly contaminated site on Rose Hill Avenue, in Danbury, Conn., Monday March 1, 2021.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of8 4of8