Macomb, Ill., the community my wife and I called home from 2003-2009, was rocked today by a shooting and subsequent hostage situation inside Farm King, a local farm supply retailer. A nearly six-hour standoff ensued, ending only when the gunman – a 19 year-old male – killed himself.
Ordinarily I wouldn’t mention an incident like this [...]
The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind of activity. Last Saturday, Tollie,Nolan and I moved everything we owned from Macomb down to our new home in Quincy. You never realize how much stuff you have until you decide to move, and trust me, we’ve got a lot of stuff.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Tollie [...]
The Peoria Journal-Star has published one of my recent news stories on their website. I wrote this article on behalf of the Housing Authority of McDonough County, which happens to be one of my clients at Genesis Image Builders. Housing Authority resident Robert Kirkpatrick saved his neighbors from a devastating fire that consumed their mobile [...]
