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School Board Candidates Can Begin Circulating Petitions For April Election

September 22, 2022 Ty Taylor

Those interested in running for a local school board can begin circulating petitions now. Petitions must be turned in by December 19. School board elections are April 14. Contact your local school district office or [FULL STORY]

Murray Hired As Mercer County Softball Coach

September 22, 2022 Ty Taylor

Mercer County High School hired Dustin Murray as the school’s new varsity softball coach at Wednesday’s school board meeting. Morgan Weeks resigned at the end of last season after leading the program for six years. [FULL STORY]

Golden Eagles Take LTC Boys Golf Crown

September 22, 2022 Ty Taylor

Mercer County won the Lincoln Trail Conference Meet in boys golf Wednesday. The Golden Eagles topped United and ROWVA-Williamsfield by two strokes. Hunter Weeks and Carson Boelens each were top five finishers individually. Elsewhere, Mercer [FULL STORY]

Mercer County Enrollment Trending Above Consolidation Projection

September 22, 2022 Ty Taylor

Mercer County School District enrollment at 1,291, which is up from last year. Numbers were shared at Wednesday night’s Unit 404 Board of Education meeting says Superintendent Scott Petrie. The high school enrollment this school [FULL STORY]

High School Spotlight: Three Sport ‘Go Getter’ Madi Frieden Aces Time Management For MERCO

September 21, 2022 Ty Taylor

WRMJ visited with Mercer County High School senior Madi Frieden on Wednesday. The three-sport athlete tied her own school record this week for service aces in a match.

Boland Wins Individual TRAC Title

September 21, 2022 Ty Taylor

Sherrard’s Andrew Boland defeated St. Bede’s Jake Delaney in a two-hole playoff to earn the Three Rivers Athletic Conference individual championship in boys golf at Highland Springs. Both Boland and Delaney shot a 74 through [FULL STORY]

City Sells Industrial Park Lot To Skinner Landscaping

September 21, 2022 Ty Taylor

The Aledo City Council approves the sale of an industrial park lot to a growing business. The transaction was announced this week says Aledo Mayor Chris Hagloch and concerns Skinner Landscaping. Skinner will also continue [FULL STORY]

New Windsor Woman Sentenced To Four Years In Residential Burglary Case

September 20, 2022 Ty Taylor

A New Windsor woman receives a four-year prison term for residential burglary. 40-year-old Alicia Ferguson was sentenced Tuesday afternoon in Mercer County Circuit Court after being found guilty of the Class 1 felony during a [FULL STORY]

High School Spotlight: Bohnsack, Rockets Off to Fast Start

September 20, 2022 Ty Taylor

WRMJ talked with Rockridge senior wide receiver and defensive back Kameron Bohnsack for this week’s High School Spotlight. Bohnsack had four catches for 101 yards and a touchdown. He also scored a rushing touchdown. Rockridge [FULL STORY]

Misdemeanor Plea In Pellet Gun Dog Shooting Case

September 20, 2022 Ty Taylor

A Sherrard man accused of shooting and injuring a neighbor’s dog with a pellet gun has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count. 57-year-old Michael Elsbury was originally facing a Class 4 felony count in the [FULL STORY]