Primary '22 in the books for Clinton County
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- Written by: Bryan Hunt
Clinton County's registered voters went to the polls for Tuesday's primary election, choosing representatives for local and regional offices, as well as finalists for state and national offices.
Those latter candidates will square off in the general election set for Nov. 8.
Darren Bailey and his running mate, Stephanie Trussell, claimed victory Tuesday night in the nomination for governor, and will face incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton in the Nov. 8 general election.
The election results are not final until they have been certified.
All of the following are figures for Clinton County only and represent the vote totals as of 9 p.m.
Figures from the statewide races — governor, attorney general, etc. — were still coming in at press time and will be tallied to determine winners in those races.
Clinton County's polls opened at 6 a.m. and closed at 7 p.m.
There are 25,676 registered voters in the county, and 34 precincts that will report in this election.
County offices
The following county offices were uncontested; the candidates are Republican incumbents.
Vicky Albers had 3,823 votes (78%) in her bid to repeat as clerk and recorder, and Denise Trame had 3,757 votes (77%) in her bid to return as treasurer.
Dan Travous had 3,719 votes (76%) in a bid to remain as sheriff, and J.D. Brandmeyer had 3,675 votes (75%) in seeking the unexpired two-year term as state's attorney.
Matt Renaud had 3,559 votes (73%) in a bid to remain regional schools superintendent for Clinton, Marion, Washington and Jefferson counties.
Votes from Jefferson, Marion and Washington counties would tally toward his retaining the position.
Breese Council amends ordinances to allow chickens in city limits
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- Written by: Bryan Hunt
The Breese City Council amended two ordinances at their June 21 meeting, paving the way for chickens to be kept within city limits. Alderman Bryan Eversgerd explained the ordinance amends Chapter 3 of the city's municipal code adding Article IV, section 3-4-1.
He said, under the current city code, there are no chickens allowed within city limits.
"You have residents with chickens but technically they're non-compliant," Eversgerd said.
The amendment would allow for residents to have up to six chickens per household.
The fowl would have to be in a chicken coop, and the ordinance spells out specifics on what is required.
Roosters or crowing hens would be prohibited within the city limits.
Within the coop, they have to be so far away from certain lot lines and alleyways "and so on," Eversgerd said.
A $25 annual fee would be required to house chickens within city limits, and $25 is the annual renewal fee.
The term of each permit is one calendar year, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31.
Robertson and Athmer combine for Aviston no-hitter
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- Written by: Jeremy Chawgo
After taking a week off of baseball, the Aviston Express came back in fine fashion by winning four games in Omaha, Nebraska, while finally coming back home and sweeping a two-team, doubleheader with wins over Shelbyville and Carmi on Saturday in Aviston. The Express is now 9-1 on the season. They were scheduled to play in Centralia on Tuesday, and will host Troy on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. and Ellisville, Missouri, on Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Aviston 15, Carmi 0 (4 innings): The Express got offensive from start to finish in their second win on Saturday at home.
The Express set the tone early with a 13-run first inning to start the rout in a contest where they outhit Carmi 13-2 with the visitors committing five fielding errors.
Cam Haag was 3-for-4 with three singles with two of those coming in the first inning. Nile Adcock was 2-for-3 with a single and a triple to go with two runs scored and two batted in.
Kyle Athmer had a pair of doubles and two runs scored with Hunter Sample scoring two times. Easton Rakers, Dalton Boruff and Sample each had a stolen base in the win. 
Rakers was the winning pitcher with three innings of work where he allowed one hit.
The Express sent 19 hitters to the plate in the bottom of the first inning with Haag going 2-for-3 in the frame. Evan Schlueter added an RBI single in the inning as the rout was on.
Aviston 6, Shelbyville 1: The Express staff allowed no hits in their first of two wins at home on Saturday.
Tyler Robertson had another strong start for the Express as he went six no-hit innings where he struck out 11 batters and walked two in a 98-pitch effort. Kyle Athmer pitched a scoreless seventh inning to preserve the no-hitter.
Aviston got their offense with two runs in the third inning and another in the fifth inning before adding three insurance tallies in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Chase Lewis had three hits while Cam Haag added two hits and two runs scored. Hunter Sample had two singles and a run scored.
Aviston struck in the bottom of the third inning when Mason Hamon led off with a single and Landon Geragosian reached on a fielder’s choice. He later scored on an RBI single from Cam Haag. Haag got the Express on the board again in the fifth inning when he drew a one-out walk and later scored on an RBI double from Lewis.
In the sixth inning, Easton Rakers walked and stole second before scoring on an RBI single from Sample. Dalton Boruff added an RBI single in the frame to wrap up the scoring.
Aviston 8, Omaha Central 0: The Express made it a clean sweep of Omaha with their fourth win of the week in Nebraska.
The Express got two runs in the first inning, two more in the fourth inning and four more in the fifth inning for the victory.
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