WRMJ Sports Director Jim Taylor visited with Rockridge sophomore basketball player Kierney McDonald Tuesday morning. She scored 23 points in the Rockets regional opening victory over Orion Monday night. Her father, Ryan McDonald, is the head coach.
The second season for high school girls basketball got underway Monday night around the state with regional play. At Sherrard, Mercer County downed Alleman for the second time this season and Rockridge won the season series by topping Orion. They…
A Sherrard man is being held in the Mercer County Jail on $100,000 bond facing three felony burglary charges. The Class 2 felony counts involve three different properties. 27 year old Dylan Kling was arrested on a warrant Saturday by…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced that the Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB) has released $8.9 million to Western Illinois University to restart the Center for the Performing Arts (CPA) project on the Macomb campus. In April 2014, the state announced…
A new public defender has been appointed for a Tennessee man charged in Mercer County with Class 3 felonies of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and theft over $500. 50 year old Gary Lothridge’s pre-trial conference has been continued…
The group Mercer County Better Together having an impact on the local economy. An update from MCBT Executive Director Kyle McEwen. Among the things MCBT is already doing in 2020 is partnering with the Mercer County Health Department to…
