Mt. Carmel Mayor Joe Judge joins us the second Friday of every month for the Ask The Mayor segment on the WSJD Morning Show.
Mt. Carmel Man Arrested On Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse Charge
A 22 year old Mt. Carmel man is being held in the Wabash County Jail after being arrested on a Wabash County warrant for aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Brendan Schell was arrested following a Mt. Carmel Police investigation that was initiated by a sexual abuse allegation against Schell. He was located in the 100 block of West 8th Street where he was taken into custody and transported to the Wabash County Jail.
Schell is being held on a $4,000 cash bond, plus he is on parole from the Department of Corrections, who also issued a warrant with no bond.
Schell was one of two teens arrested in 2016 for an armed robbery at the Grayville Casey’s General Store after brandishing a compound bow and arrow at the clerk. He was sentenced to 8 years on that Class X felony before being paroled in May of 2019.
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NEUROLOGIST STARTING AT WGH
Wabash General Hospital’s President and CEO, Karissa Turner, is pleased to announce Dr. John Pidgeon will be joining the WGH staff later this month to offer neurology services to patients 16 and older. Mrs. Turner stated, “We are excited to expand our specialty services to meet the needs of our service area. Access to specialty care is always a challenge in rural markets so we are delighted that Dr. Pidgeon will bring a much needed service to our area. Wabash General Hospital strives to offer quality services locally so patients do not need to travel for the care they need.”
Dr. Pidgeon completed his medical school at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York in May of 2003. Then, he completed an internship at University Hospitals of Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio, before completing his residency at the University of Hospitals of Cleveland – Case Western Reserve University in the Department of Neurology in June of 2007. Dr. Pidgeon has a special interest in EEG/Epilepsy and Sleep Medicine, which he has completed a fellowship in both of those areas. He is also board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Pidgeon will be seeing patients at WGH’s Primary Care Office located at 1123 Chestnut Street in Mount Carmel. He will be able to treat the following conditions:
- Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Bell’s Palsy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Encephalopathy
- Epilepsy
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Huntington’s Chorea
- Meningitis and Encephalitis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Headache
- Shingles
- Stroke
For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call (618)263-4376.
District #348 Goes To Remote Learning For Rest Of This Week
From Wabash District #348 Superintendent Dr. Chuck Bleyer: With additional COVID-19 cases mounting in the last few hours, it has become necessary that all schools will be in remote learning for the remainder of the week. It is our goal that all schools will reopen for in-person instruction next week. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you and stay safe.
Wabash County CUSD #348 COVID-19 Quarantine & Isolation Rolling List
11/11/20
Mt. Carmel High School
Students in quarantine - 29
Students in isolation - 0
Faculty in quarantine - 6
Faculty in isolation - 2
Mt. Carmel Junior High School
Students in quarantine - 12
Students in isolation - 1
Faculty in quarantine - 1
Faculty in isolation - 1
Mt. Carmel Grade School
Students in quarantine - 13
Students in isolation - 1
Faculty in quarantine - 2
Faculty in isolation - 0
Mt. Carmel Elementary School
Students in quarantine - 20
Students in isolation - 2
Faculty in quarantine - 3
Faculty in isolation - 4
Bus Garage
Drivers in quarantine - 0
Drivers in isolation - 0
WVC TRIO celebrates first-generation college students
Wabash Valley College’s TRIO Student Support Services program invited WVC faculty, staff and students to celebrate first-generation college students on Friday, Nov. 6.
Eighteen members of WVC’s faculty, staff and student body showed up for the celebration photo, and the TRIO Upward Bound program was represented as well. The goal was for students to see how many of the instructors and staff were students, at one point, just like them. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, masks were worn and TRIO SSS staff shared that they were saddened by not being able to create more activities for the celebration.
On Nov. 8, 2017, the Council for Opportunity in Education and NASPA’s Center for First-generation Student Success launched the inaugural First-Generation College Celebration.
Since that time, hundreds of colleges across the nation have continued to mark this date — the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965 — as a day to celebrate first-generation students on their campuses.
First-Generation college student designation is one of the demographics eligible for the TRIO SSS program which is a free program. TRIO was brought about by President Lyndon B. Johnson as part of his war on poverty. Students who are income eligible also have access to this program.
Please contact Tayna Smith, the TRIO Academic Counselor at WVC, if you have any questions regarding the program.
Thank you to all who participated in the celebration photo, and congratulations to all first-generation college students!
Broken Roots Set To Hit Mt. Carmel Merchants Park Stage Friday Night
“Broken Roots”, named runners-up on the most recent season of “America’s Got Talent”, will be performing at 8pm at Merchants Park in Mount Carmel Illinois this Friday, November 13th.
Austin Edwards and Joey Kar make up the duo who performed together for the first time during the show’s “Auditions I”. They were originally eliminated prior to the live rounds, but were invited to the quarter-finals when another contestant was unable to continue. Austin & Joey eventually made the finals, finishing second, but having the opportunity to perform with Blake Shelton.
Merchants Park also welcomes back Mount Carmel native and regional favorite Cage WIllis. Cage will open the evening’s entertainment at 6:30pm.
Concessions will be available beginning at 4:30pm from Beer Bones BBQ, Two Farmer’s Burgers and Beignets, Kolb’s Culinary Concessions and the Mount Carmel Rotary Club.
A large area is available for those in attendance to allow for social distancing, and masks are strongly encouraged. Be sure to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.
The concert is free, as is parking and entrance to the park area.
The entire evening is made possible by a partnership between First National Bank, Harris Insurance Group & Market Street MTC. More information may be found on the Merchants Park Facebook page.
IDPH Now Listing Probable Cases As Positive COVID-19 Cases
The Illinois Department of Public Health is combining two different types of positive COVID-19 results into one data set.
Dr. Ngozi Ezike says the state has a batch of antigen tests, those are only slightly less accurate than PCR tests.
If you test positive from a PCR test you have a confirmed result. If you test positive from an antigen test you are listed as probable. Until this past week those figures had been compiled separately. Ezike says that is changing.
The CDC has changed the guidelines to allow for those two types of test results to be combined into one data set. Often if you test positive with an antigen test you will go back for PCR testing. If that is the case Ezike says your case would only wind up being counted once in the state’s totals.
Haubstadt Man Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography
Gibson County – Monday morning, November 9, Indiana State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit and Cyber Crimes Unit (CCU) arrested Phillip Brundage, 41, of Haubstadt, for Possession of Child Pornography, a Level 5 Felony.
Indiana State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit initiated a criminal investigation after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. A search warrant was executed yesterday morning at Brundage’s residence located on Hirsch Woods Lane in Haubstadt. During the search of Brundage’s property, officers located child pornography. Brundage was arrested and taken to the Gibson County Jail where he is currently being held on bond.
This is an on-going investigation.
Wabash District #348 November Personnel Matters
The Wabash District #348 school board acted on these personnel matters at their monthly meeting held Monday night:
