Year: 2024

The Mercer County Board discusses rural public transportation. They heard from Morgan Lewis Monday night, who serves as Director of Transportation for Warren County. McEwen represents Mercer County Better Together.

Josh Frieden will continue to serve as Mercer County Board Chairman. He was re-elected to the position at Monday night’s regular county board meeting. Frieden was first seated as county board chairman in December of [FULL STORY]

Looking for bell ringers to help with the local Salvation Army effort in Mercer County. Seth Bowker is organizing the mission. The bell ringing cause runs through Dec. 23. Again, if you’d like to help, [FULL STORY]

The Illinois State Police (ISP) Blackhawk Area Task Force (BATF) arrested 27-year-old Vanshpreet Singh from Ontario, Canada, and 36-year-old Manpreet Singh from Ontario, Canada, for Possession of Cocaine (Class X Felony), Possession with Intent to [FULL STORY]

Mercer County hunters harvested 542 deer during the first firearm weekend Nov. 22-24. That compares to 600 last year and 509 in 2022. The rest of the first weekend numbers in area counties—318 in Henderson, [FULL STORY]