No public announcement was ever made, but the Illinois Secretary of State officials informed Mayor Joe Judge that the local driver’s license facility on West 2nd Street would be closing. However with the help of State Senator Terri Bryant and State Representative Dave Severin, Judge says the state has backtracked and is close to securing a deal to move to a new location in Mt. Carmel. Judge said since November, he made five trips to Springfield pleading the city’s case for keeping the local DMV open…
As for the future location of the Secretary of State’s office..
Judge declined to say where the state is attempting to work out a lease to relocate the DMV.