Roodhouse News

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

Steve Speeks has been with the Roodhouse Police Department for 22 years and has served as chief for 17 years.

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

In an effort to resolve continuing financial problems, the City Council took multiple steps at Thursday night's special meeting toward restructuring city offices to ensure qualified people hold the positions.

City leaders have decided against adding meetings to the monthly calendar. The Roodhouse City Council voted Wednesday against making changes to the calendar, essentially agreeing to keep the schedule at two meetings a month - one a regular council meeting and the second a workshop - instead of doubling them to two each.

Melissa M. Freytag, 20, and Cody M. Cuevas, 20, both of the 2900 block of Sand Road, Edwardsville, were charged Tuesday with aggravated battery to a child.

A second person has been arrested after an elderly Roodhouse woman was bilked out of a couple of thousand dollars by paying for goods and services authorities said were never delivered.

The boil order for the city of Roodhouse has been lifted. Dennis McMurray, a spokesman for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, confirmed Monday that the order for Roodhouse residents to boil all water used for drinking and cooking had been lifted late Saturday night.

The boil order for the city of Roodhouse has been lifted. Dennis McMurray, a spokesman for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, confirmed Monday that the order for Roodhouse residents to boil all water used for drinking and cooking had been lifted late Saturday night.

The boil order for the city of Roodhouse has been lifted. Dennis McMurray, a spokesman for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, confirmed Monday that the order for Roodhouse residents to boil all water used for drinking and cooking had been lifted late Saturday night.

An order that has required Roodhouse residents and customers to boil their water has been lifted.

The Helping Hands organization has been busy all summer feeding more than 100 North Greene area children lunch Monday through Friday.

A boil order for city water remains in effect for Roodhouse but could be lifted as early as Thursday afternoon, Gail Battas, regional director for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, said Tuesday.

Most of them are still waiting for the check to arrive in the mail, but those expecting money as part of the newly signed Illinois capital budget bill are happy to at least be on the list of recipients.

The fruits of a statewide capital infrastructure improvement plan are slowly becoming apparent.

ELDRED, ILL. > Terry A. Chapman, 41, of Roodhouse, Ill., was killed Sunday afternoon on an all-terrain vehicle that collided head-on with an SUV.

A Greene County man died Sunday when the four-wheel all-terrain vehicle he was riding on a road was struck by a vehicle north of town.

A 41-year-old Roodhouse, Illinois man died Sunday afternoon after crashing his ATV into an SUV, Illinois State Police said.

Larry A. Baker, 46, of Alsey, Ill., was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of driving while license revoked and operation of an uninsured motor vehicle.

New Mayor Joe Snyder is finding out that no good turn goes unpunished. Snyder, in his second month in office, has run into a host of problems that he says have thwarted his promised goal of turning the Greene County city of Roodhouse into a professionally run municipality.