Month: April 2023

Relay for Life of Mercer County is gearing up for its 2023 fundraiser. WRMJ’s 10th annual Relay for Life of Mercer County Radiothon is Monday, April 24th, from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.; the annual [FULL STORY]

A New Windsor man charged in two sex abuse cases returns to Mercer County Circuit Court on May 15. The attorney representing 47-year-old Matthew Walsh asked for the continuance Tuesday. In one case he is [FULL STORY]

A man arrested in a Mercer County grooming and sexual assault investigation has posted ten percent of his $400,000 bond. 52-year-old Jeffrey Smith is charged with seven felony counts—including criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual [FULL STORY]

The Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department arrested a 15-year-old boy Tuesday afternoon for first-degree murder in the shooting death of Rockridge High School senior Daniel Taylor. Taylor, 17, was found inside his Milan home Friday [FULL STORY]