Prison Plans Advance Slowly

During the 7:00 p.m. teleconference on Monday, February 4, 2013, the Village of Thomson, IL, Board members received encouraging information from Cathi Litcher, Site Coordinator for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP.)    Thomson Correctional Facility was purchased by the Federal Government December 12, 2012.    It remains unopened, because

Library Donates Books to Jail Library

The Odell Public Library donated scores of paperback books to the Whiteside County Jail.  Stephanie Vavra sorted them for appropriate content, per instructions from Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi.  She delivered them on Friday, November 30, 2012, to the Law Enforcement Center, 400 N. Chery Street, Morrison, IL. Lieutenant Tim Erickson, left,

Sex Offenders to Attend Operation Safe Halloween Program

It was unnerving to use the term “registered sex offenders” and “Trick-or-Treaters” in the same sentence, when I interviewed Whiteside County Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi on Tuesday, October 16, 2012.  I asked him about the fourth annual “Operation Safe Halloween” program to be held on Wednesday, October 31. From 4:30 to