Local State Senator Neil Anderson has advanced a Senate Joint Resolution to honor the life of fallen Knox County Sheriff Deputy Nicholas Weist who was tragically killed in the line of duty on April 29, 2022.
Senate Joint Resolution 4 designates U.S. Route 150 from Galesburg Main Street to the intersection of U.S. Route 150 and Illinois Route 17 in Alpha as the “Deputy Sheriff Nick Weist Memorial Highway.”
State Senators Jil Tracy, Mike Halpin, and Jason Plummer were chief co-sponsors of the Senate Joint Resolution.