Deputy walks away from semi striking his patrol vehicle

On the morning of Friday, April 12, a Menard County Sheriff’s Deputy in his patrol vehicle was struck by a semi-truck and trailer while on duty responding to a call west of Menard on US Highway 190. Until Wednesday morning just prior to the newspaper going to print, the Sheriff’s Office (S.O.) had been tight-lipped about the accident for the last two plus weeks, remaining unresponsive to nu...