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A2 Mount Carmel Register Friday, February 1, 2019 Arrests The following subjects were arrested by the Mount Carmel Police Department. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Jan. 27: Mount Carmel Police arrested 38-year-Jason C. List of Mount Carmel on a Wabash County forgery charge.

Police located List in the 500 block of Walnut Steet and placed him into custody. List was transported to the Wabash County Jail and is being held pending the posting of $1,000 cash bond. Mount Carmel Police arrested 30-year-old Clint R. Ford of Mount Carmel after police responded to a disturbance in the 800 block of Glendale Avenue. Police were told that Ford entered the residence without permission from the home owner and committed a battery against a resident living in the home.

Ford was later located and formally charged with criminal trespass to a residence and battery. Ford was held until the posting bond. Jan. 26: Mount Carmel Police arrested 50-year-old Tracy Deckard of Mount Carmel after police were dispatched to a domestic dispute in the 200 block of West Twelfth Street. Police were told by the victim that Deckard pushed her to the ground during an argument.

Deckard was arrested and transported to the Wabash County Jail where he was charged with domestic battery. Jan. 25: Mount Carmel Police arrested 47-year-old Michelle L. Johnson of Mount Carmel after police were notified of a disturbance at 1413 W. Third Street.

Police arrived on scene and were told that Johnson had been on the property after receiving notification barring her from that location. Police located Johnson at her home and placed her under arrest for criminal trespass to state supported property. Johnson was held pending the posting of bond. Pope Francis approves discipline of northern Illinois priest ROCKFORD Pope Francis has disciplined a northern Illinois Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in 2015. The Rockford Register Star reports that the Diocese of Rockford on Wednesday said the Rev.

Aaron Brodeski can no longer have the title and must serve one year of prayer and penance. Brodeski was charged in 2014 with public indecency for allegedly masturbating in view of a female clerk at a gas station. He pleaded guilty in 2015 to the lesser charge of disorderly conduct and was sentenced to court supervision, a $500 fine and 30 hours of community service. The Vatican Congregation for the Clergy found actions and The diocese says Brodeski performed priestly duties since April 2014. The diocese said it expresses to all offended by the incident.

Pritzker appoints five to of Illinois board of trustees SPRINGFIELD Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has appointed five people to the nine-member University of Illinois board of trustees. Pritzker announced the appointments Thursday morning ahead of a board meeting in Chicago. The appointments include former Democratic state Rep.

Naomi Jakobsson, attorney Kareem Dale, private equity CEO Donald Edwards, human services agency CEO Ricardo Estrada and attorney Patricia Brown Holmes. Democrats Holmes and Estrada served on the board from 2011 to 2017. Edwards is a Democrat appointed by former Gov. Bruce Rauner but he been confirmed yet. Dale worked in former President Barack administration.

Under Illinois law the governor appoints trustees to staggered six-year terms with the advice and consent of the Illinois Senate. No more than five trustees can be from the same political party. Good Samaritan picks up hotel tab for 70 homeless in Chicago CHICAGO A good Samaritan offered to pay for hotel rooms for 70 homeless people who were camped out in tents in the bitter cold that blanketed Chicago. The offer came after the Chicago Fire Department on Wednesday confiscated nearly 100 propane tanks given the group to keep them warm as temperatures sank to negative 22. The department acted after one of the donated tanks exploded.

Salvation Army spokeswoman Jacqueline Rachev said city officials told the organization about their actions at the camp. The Salvation Army was about to move the people to a warming center when the city called again and informed them of the gesture. Rachev was not sure of the identity of the good Samaritan and only knew the hotel was on the South Side. Passengers taken from disabled charter bus in subzero temps SPRINGFIELD More than 20 passengers aboard a Chicago-bound charter bus were rescued after the bus broke down in subzero temperatures on Interstate 55 near Springfield. Illinois State Police responded early Wednesday after learning of the disabled bus and its 21 passengers, including two children.

Authorities say the bus had been without heat for a significant amount of time. Passengers were able to warm up in state police vehicles before being taken to a cafe near the Auburn Travel Center in Divernon. There they were given food as they waited for another bus that was coming from St. Louis. Police say the breakdown appeared to be caused by diesel fuel gelling in the fuel system.

It immediately known who the bus was operated by or where it was coming from. State Briefs From wire reports WASHINGTON Presi dent Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thurs- day hardened their positions about a border wall, casting doubt on the prospects of Capi- tol Hill negotiations intended to reach a compromise and avoid a second government shut- down. not going to be any wall money in the Pelosi, told reporters. Her remarks came after Demo- crats had signaled at least some flexibility in the talks on bor- der security funding that began only Wednesday. Pelosi stance came as Trump used Twitter to reiter- ate his demands on the wall and appeared to sour on the congressional talks aimed at striking a deal with Democrats.

Trump told repor ters in the Oval Office that Pelosi is playing and repeated his threat to declare a national emergency and transfer billions of dollars in previously allocat- ed funds to build the wall. In a bar rage of mor ning tweets, Trump sent mixed mes- sages in which he alternately hardened his wall demand and also suggested that repairing existing fencing is a big part of his plan. just call them WALLS from now on and stop playing political games! A WALL is a Trump tweeted. He tamped down expectations, tell- ing GOP negotiators they were their Democrats of fered fur ther details of their border security plan on Thursday, unveiling a measure that would not provide a penny for his wall, ignoring warnings that be wasting their time if they come up with wall money. The Democratic measure, totaling almost $22 billion for the customs ser vice, border patrol and immigration agents, would significantly increase spending for scanners at ports of entry, humanitarian aid for apprehended migrants, and new aircraft to police the U.S.-Mex- ico border.

It would freeze the number of border patrol agents and block any wall construction in wildlife refuges along the border. Pelosi suggested she would be open to vehicle barriers called the president wants to call that a wall, he can call that a wall. Is there a place for enhanced fencing? Normandy fencing would Pelosi said. threat to unilater- ally build the wall through an unprecedented use of emer- gency powers could upset con- gressional Republicans. hard-line move could push the president further in that direc- tion.

The high-stakes talks are taking place against the back- drop of another possible shut- down in mid-Februar an outcome GOP allies in the Senate are especially eager to avoid. It increases the chances that the only way to avert another shutdown would be to put a host of federal agen- cies on autopilot for weeks or months. Trump and the White House have proven to be an unpre- dictable force in the shutdown debate, mixing softer rhetoric about a multi-faceted approach to border security with cam- paign-style bluster about the wall. Lawmakers negotiating the bill are well aware that he could quash an agreement at any time, plunging them back into crisis. despite all of the evidence, proof and Cara- vans coming, are not going to give money to build the DES- PERATELY needed WALL.

got you covered. Wall is already being built, I expect much Trump tweeted. Barriers already in place have not kept out other cara- vans that have arrived at the border. Of nearly 6,000 people who arrived to Tijuana, Mexico in November, where a barrier between San Diego stretches into the ocean, 2,600 crossed into the U.S. illegally, according to Border Patrol statistics.

In 2017, Trump won fund- ing for 40 miles of replacement fencing. Last year, he finally obtained $1.6 billion for fenc- ing, including 33 miles of levee wall and pedestrian fencing in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. declaration promises to put a nail in request for $5.7 billion to build about 234 miles of barriers along the U.S. border with Mexico. GOP allies acknowl- edge he might have settled for just a fraction of it.

The Demo- cratic plan includes new money for customs agents, scanners, aircraft and boats to police the border, and to provide humani- tarian assistance for migrants. The Democratic of fer was just a starting point in House- Senate talks on border secu- rity funding that kicked of in a basement room in the Capi- tol. Then, a top Democrat, House Appropriations Commit- tee Chair woman Nita Lowey, acknowledged that ything is on the including the border barriers demanded by Trump. Lawmak- ers on both sides in the talks signaled flexibility in hopes of resolving the standof with Trump that sparked the 35-day partial government shutdown. are once again supporting strong border secu- rity as an essential component of homeland security.

Border security, however, is more than physical barriers; and home- land security is more than bor- der said Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif. Senators revisited a bipar- tisan $1.6 billion proposal for 65 miles of fencing in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas that passed a key committee last year. The panel of old-school lawmakers from the powerful appropriations committees has ample expertise on homeland security issues, as many of them helped finance fence built over the years that stretches across much of the border. of the work we did years ago already built almost 700 miles of fencing on our said Rep.

David Price, the president may say it is far from an open border. Mean- while, the number of undocu- mented immigrants crossing our border or attempting to cross remain not at alarming highs but at historic Republican allies of the presi- dent said there will have to be some money to meet demands. But they also predict privately that the White House is eager to grab an agreement and declare victor even if winning only a fraction of request. Pelosi and Trump harden positions on border wall BY ANDREW TAYLOR AND ALAN FRAM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD Southern Illinois medical school has opened a specialty clinic to serve children in the foster care system with the goal of reducing disruptions in their health care. The Center for Family Medicine opened the Kids Health Harbor clinic earlier this month, The State Journal-Register reported.

University officials say the first and only clinic of its kind in the area. Children in foster care can expe- rience gaps in health care when moved from home to home, which can be a chaotic experience that causes emotional trauma, said Rebecca Howard, a pediatric nurse practitioner and the primary provider. new home may mean starting over with a new medical provider, delays and loss of medica- tions or medical she said. The clinic of fers a variety of services including comprehensive checkups, ongoing patient care, dietary guidance and mental health resources. medical program pays for foster medical care, Howard said.

goal is to provide holistic care and comprehensive she said. do a lot of education of the foster families about navigating the health care The clinic works with the state Department of Children and Family Services and local social workers to ensure children can get medical care and medications quickly, How- ard said. Bethany Caldwell of Springfield has turned to the clinic to treat her two foster children and two of her adopted children. think this is a wonderful said Caldwell, 37. is won- derfully caring and compassionate for a population that often can be Southern Illinois University opens clinic for foster kids BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO The Illinois Department of Public Health says at least 144 people made hospital emergency-room visits and one person has died due to cold-related inju- ries since Tuesday.

Department spokesman Melaney Arnold said Thurs- day that there were at least 65 visits in Chicago and at least 75 outside Chicago. The data say the injuries were either hypothermia or frostbite. The department list the specific cause of the death or where it occurred. The injuries came as temperatures plummeted in Illinois to double-digit sub- zero readings. Temperatures were as low as minus 33 in Moline and minus 31 in Rockford on Thursday.

Wind chill readings fell to more than 55 below zero in some areas. Temperatures were fore- cast to ease later Thursday before warming to more than 50 degrees in some parts of Illinois in the coming days. At least 144 ER visits in Illinois due to cold-related injuries BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD Gov. J.B. Pritzker has tabbed a Cook County pediatrician and an Army combat veter- an to lead the public health and affairs departments.

a Thursday named Dr. Ngozi Ezike as director of public health. She is an internist and pediatrician with Cook County Health for 15 years. She is currently medical director for the Juvenile Detention Center the largest. Army Lt.

Col. Jaime Martinez heads up Veter- Affairs after serving as executive director of Join- ing Forces. a statewide nonprofit that delivers ser- vices to military veterans. Martinez is a 26-year veteran who served tours of duty as a paratrooper in Panama, the Gulf War, and Iraq and Afghanistan and was a policy adviser to the Defense secretary. Both appointments require Senate confirma- tion.

Pritzker names Public Health, Affairs directors BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.