'A chance to serve the people I grew up with' is how the DeWitt County State's Attorney describes his pursuit of the same post in Christian County.

Dan Markwell is running in the upcoming election for the State's Attorney's position in Christian County. A Taylorville native, Markwell's family is there and he characterizes the timing as perfect.

For Markwell, Christian County faces similar legal challenges as DeWitt County like upticks in drug use that can trickle down into other areas of the community.

Markwell believes there's been a lot of successful prosecutions of crimes in the County as well as successful negotiations that he's overseen as the State's Attorney.

Markwell indicates an Assistant State's Attorney could be appointed to his office soon with the potential that individual takes over if he wins the Christian County election. He was not able to disclose who that individual is.