Month: May 2021

The Aledo American Legion’s Memorial Day observance was held Monday at Aledo Central Park. WRMJ News Director Jim Taylor spoke with Vietnam War veteran John Robertson, who delivered the key note address and also Mercer [FULL STORY]

The Drury-Reynolds Cemetery, located off the New Boston Blacktop, hosted its 120th Memorial Day observance on Sunday. WRMJ News Director Jim Taylor attended the event and spoke with Julie Wagner, Robby Holtschlag and Jeremy Finch. [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department announcing that a 12-year-old male has been charged with arson in connection with the early Thursday morning fire that destroyed St. John’s Catholic Church in Viola. Mercer County Sheriff Dusty [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County unemployment rate sits at 5.4 percent.  The latest number is for April and represents a significant decrease from last year at this time when the number was 15.9 percent during the early [FULL STORY]

The 120th Annual Drury-Reynolds Memorial Day Service, themed “Twenty Years Since 9/11,” will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Drury-Reynolds Cemetery. Drury-Reynolds Cemetery is located in Drury Township of lower Rock Island [FULL STORY]