Richardson appointed public defender in deputy murder
A Granite City man charged with murder in the death of a Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy has been appointed a public defender.
Daylon Richardson, 22, appeared Monday in Henry County circuit court.
According to prosecutors, Richardson struck and killed Deputy Nicholas D. Weist with his vehicle near Alpha during a car chase that started in Galesburg on April 29.
Richardson also faces charges in Henry County of aggravated fleeing and eluding and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
He is being held without bond in the Henry County jail. His next court date is May 23.
Additional charges could be filed in Knox County.
Keokuk man charged with vehicular homicide
A Keokuk man has died from his injuries after being hit by a motorcycle on May 1, and another Keokuk man now faces charges in his death.
Kyle Savage, 36, died at the University of Iowa Hospital, eight days after he was struck by the motorcycle.
Colby Manning, 29, was reportedly fleeing police when he hit the pedestrian on North 13th Street. He originally was charged with several traffic offenses.
But following Savage’s death, he was charged this week with vehicular homicide by operating while intoxicated and eluding resulting in death.
Manning was appointed a public defender and arraignment is scheduled for May 31.
Two dead in rural Hancock County
Two people were found dead at a rural West Point residence in Hancock County.
Deputies responded to a report of the deaths Monday morning, according to the sheriff’s office.
The identities of the individuals were not released by authorities.
Hancock County Sheriff Travis Duffy said the investigation indicates this was an isolated incident with no threat to public safety.
Macomb City Hall no longer collecting plastic bottle caps
The city had collected the caps for the “Caps to Benches” project led by the Build a Better Block Macomb program.
That group plans to move on to other projects but hopes another organization will take over “Caps to Benches.”
Build a Better Block Macomb started collecting bottle caps several years ago. The group sent the caps to a company in Indiana that converted them into benches. It takes about 200 pounds of bottle caps to make a single bench.
The project resulted in more than a dozen new benches around Macomb, including ones at the dog park, Horn Field Campus, Compton Park, the high school, and the housing authority.
Food hub named Burlington “small business of the year”
The Collective Food Hub is the Greater Burlington Parternship’s 2022 “Small Business of the Year.”
The downtown business at 805 Jefferson St. sells baked goods, take-and-bake meals, fresh produce, and locally sourced meat and eggs, with leftover products donated to the Saint Vincent DePaul food pantry.
A shared kitchen is also available for the public to rent.
Alex and Sarah Beams purchased the business in 2021. According to the Greater Burlington Partnership, weekly sales doubled under the new ownership.
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