WRMJ RADIO

Contestants Can Begin Signing Up For 2025 Mercer County Fair Queen Pageant

April 15, 2025 Ty Taylor

Registration now open for the 2025 Mercer County Fair Queen Pageant. The reigning Miss Illinois County Fair Queen is hoping many contestants sign up. Last year at this time, Johnna Fulcher wasn’t even sure if [FULL STORY]

MerCo Outslugs Rockridge, Beats Rockets In Softball For First Time Ever

April 15, 2025 Ty Taylor

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Mercer County (11-0, 2-0 TRAC West) beat Rockridge (8-3, 1-1 TRAC West) in softball for the first time in school history Monday, 10-8 on the road. [FULL STORY]

ICA IHSA Softball Rankings – April 13, 2025

April 14, 2025 Ty Taylor

The Illinois Softball Coaches Association (ICA) released its latest rankings for the 2025 season Tuesday. The TRAC West has four of the 20 teams in the Class 2A rankings this week with Rockridge (No. 5), [FULL STORY]

Relay For Life Radiothon Returns To WRMJ April 28th With Big Goals, Live Music & Community Spirit

April 14, 2025 Ty Taylor

ALEDO, IL – The fight against cancer takes center stage once again as WRMJ teams up with the Mercer County Relay for Life for the 11th annual Relay for Life Radiothon, set for Monday, April [FULL STORY]

Unit 404 Takes Federal Funding Hit

April 14, 2025 Ty Taylor

The Mercer County School District is losing $240,000 in federal funding. It stems from action by the Department of Education, says Unit 404 Superintendent Tim Farquer. ESSER stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, [FULL STORY]

Saturday Sports: MerCo Softball Rallies To Beat Erie-Prophetstown, Moves To 10-0

April 14, 2025 Ty Taylor

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Mercer County (10-0, 1-0 TRAC West) came from behind to defeat Erie-Prophetstown (5-6, 0-2 TRAC East) 6-5 at home Saturday. Kelsie Weeks delivered a go-ahead two-run [FULL STORY]

Hockenberry Denied Release Prior To Sentencing

April 14, 2025 Ty Taylor

A defense motion for release pending sentencing has been denied for a Seaton man found guilty in a sex abuse case. The ruling was entered late last week in Mercer County Circuit Court for 52-year-old [FULL STORY]

WRMJ Sportsline: TRAC West Baseball & Softball Underway, Legislation Impacting IHSA Sports, & WIU Softball Standout Payton Brown

April 12, 2025 Ty Taylor

On Sportsline this week, Jim Taylor and Ty Taylor open the show by discussing the opening week of baseball and softball conference games in the TRAC West. They then discuss separate pieces of proposed legislation [FULL STORY]

WRMJ Interview: Terronez Signs With UIC, Sherrard Baseball Standout Headed Division I

April 11, 2025 Ty Taylor

WRMJ spoke with Sherrard High School baseball standout Aidan Terronez at the school’s signing day ceremony Friday afternoon. Terronez signed to play baseball at the NCAA Division I level at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He [FULL STORY]

Price’s Walk-Off Double Pushes Rockridge Over Sherrard

April 11, 2025 Ty Taylor

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Kaycee Price delivered a two-out walk-off double in the bottom of the seventh inning to score Tatum Lowe from first base and give Rockridge (7-1, 1-0 [FULL STORY]