Month: February 2020

Bond remains denied for a Keithsburg man facing a felony charge of sexual relations within families. A February 26th bond hearing was set Monday in Mercer County Circuit Court for 45 year old Kevin Hockenberry. [FULL STORY]

The second person wanted in connection with a residential burglary in the Taylor Ridge area last month has been arrested on a warrant in Muscatine County. A Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department press release indicates [FULL STORY]

A rural Aledo man has pleaded not guilty to a Class X felony count of aggravated battery to a child. 31 year old Robert Gates waived his preliminary hearing this morning in Mercer County Circuit [FULL STORY]

A Quad Cities man remains in the Mercer County Jail on $250,000 bond facing three Class X felony counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. 34 year old Antonio Cortez Williamson’s pre-trial conference [FULL STORY]

A rural New Boston man’s pre-trial conference has been continued to later this month in a meth case. 52 year old Lester Ward remains in custody at the Mercer County Jail on $400,000 bond. He [FULL STORY]

A couple of great milestones for Western Illinois University and their agriculture footprint in the region. The school’s Ag Mech Club is hosting its 50th Annual Farm Expo Feb. 8-9 at Western Hall and this [FULL STORY]

Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos’ campaign announcing more than $503,800 in fundraising for the fourth quarter of 2019. Her campaign ends the year with more than $3 million cash-on-hand. The Bustos campaign cites “grassroots support” [FULL STORY]