PITTSFIELD, IL -- A judge rather than a jury will oversee the trial of an Ameren CIPS worker accused of animal cruelty.

Lori Kellum is accused of beating and killing a cocker spaniel dog owned by a Kinderhook resident during her rounds in July 2008.

Her jury trial was postponed several times, at the request of her attorney.

The latest trial was to begin Wednesday. Now that a judge will preside, the trial has been moved to March 26th.