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Week 5 IHSA Football AP Poll

September 25, 2024 Ty Taylor

The Associated Press (AP) released its latest IHSA football poll Wednesday. Rockridge (3-1) is No. 5 in 2A this week. Other local schools that are ranked include Princeton (No. 3 in 3A), Farmington (No. 2 [FULL STORY]

High School Spotlight: Mercer County Gray Matters Promoting Mental Health With 5K Next Month

September 25, 2024 Ty Taylor

WRMJ spoke with Mercer County High School senior Sarah Hess and junior Elsie Cook for the High School Spotlight Wednesday. Both are part of Mercer County’s Gray Matters Collective chapter. The group is putting on a “Mind [FULL STORY]

Sherrard Downs Mercer County In Three Sets

September 25, 2024 Ty Taylor

Local sports results are presented by Genesis Physical Therapy. Sherrard (15-2, 3-2 TRAC West) beat Mercer County (12-8, 1-4 TRAC West) in three sets 26-24, 21-25, 25-18 Tuesday. The Tigers trailed the first set 24-16, but [FULL STORY]

High School Sports Spotlight: Graves, Rockridge Girls Golf Complete TRAC 4-Peat

September 24, 2024 Ty Taylor

WRMJ spoke with Rockridge High School senior golfer Neva Graves for the High School Sports Spotlight Tuesday. Graves finished seventh individually at the Three Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC) girls golf meet to earn first-team all-conference honors [FULL STORY]

Mercer County Rallies Past United

September 24, 2024 Ty Taylor

Local sports results are presented by Genesis Physical Therapy. Mercer County (12-7) won the final two sets to beat United (7-7) 18-25, 25-22, 25-17, Monday. Molly Hofmann racked up 18 kills in the win. Jaiden Ladue [FULL STORY]

Fall Community Forum Planned To Discuss MERCO High School Project

September 24, 2024 Ty Taylor

The Mercer County School District hopes to host a community forum this fall concerning an expansion and renovation project at the high school. A date is being finalized says Unit 404 Superintendent Tim Farquer. The [FULL STORY]

Riverdale Wins TRAC Boys Golf Meet

September 23, 2024 Ty Taylor

Riverdale is once again the champions of the Three Rivers Athletic Conference (TRAC) in boys golf. The Rams won the conference meet at Fyre Lake Golf Club with a team score of 316 Monday, finishing [FULL STORY]

2024 Art Gala Brings Big Crowd, Nets Big Results

September 23, 2024 Ty Taylor

The community came out and supported art, again. The second annual Mercer County School District Art Collective Art Gala in downtown Aledo was a major success Saturday. One of the student artists, junior Molly Dixon, [FULL STORY]

Aledo DMV Opening Earlier

September 22, 2024 Ty Taylor

New hours for the Aledo DMV facility. The location will now be open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., a half an hour earlier than the previous hours of 8 a.m. to [FULL STORY]

New Boston Woman Dies In Illinois City Accident

September 22, 2024 Ty Taylor

One person dead following a two-vehicle crash in lower Rock Island County. The accident occurred early Saturday afternoon in the 15300 block of 322nd Street West, Illinois City, according to a Rock Island County Sheriff’s [FULL STORY]