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High School Sports Spotlight: Sherrard Girls Basketball In Swanson’s Blood

December 4, 2025 Ty Taylor

WRMJ spoke with Sherrard High School senior girls basketball player Ellie Swanson for the High School Sports Spotlight on Thursday. She’s head coach Doug Swanson’s daughter. Swanson is one of four seniors in the Sherrard girls [FULL STORY]

Virginia M. Dhondt – Services 12/10/25

December 4, 2025 Cynthia Stoner

Virginia M. Dhondt, 93 of East Moline, passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at Park Vista Retirement Living, East Moline. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, December 10, at [FULL STORY]

Second Firearm Deer Hunting Season Underway

December 4, 2025 Ty Taylor

The second and final weekend of firearm deer hunting in Illinois will feature snow cover locally, which provides a great opportunity, says Dan Skinner with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The second and final [FULL STORY]

Orion Cruises Past United

December 4, 2025 Ty Taylor

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Orion (5-0) remained unbeaten in the early boys basketball season with a 67-36 win over United (1-4) on Wednesday. BOYS BASKETBALL Orion 67 United 36 [FULL STORY]

High School Sports Spotlight: Only MerCo Girls Basketball Senior Collison Off To Rewarding Start

December 3, 2025 Ty Taylor

WRMJ spoke with Mercer County senior girls basketball player Whitney Collison for the High School Sports Spotlight on Wednesday. Collison is the only senior in the Golden Eagles’ girls basketball program this season. She was [FULL STORY]

Aledo Gearing Up For 20th Annual Holly Days This Weekend

December 3, 2025 Ty Taylor

Aledo’s 20th annual Holly Days is set for this weekend. The two-day event kicks off Friday with an electric parade through downtown Aledo, the lighting of the Aledo Christmas Tree, and the Aledo Trees in [FULL STORY]

Local Fourth Grader Ava Jones Marks Three Years As A Toy Soldier In The Nutcracker

December 3, 2025 Ty Taylor

We chatted with 9-year-old Ava Jones, a fourth grader at Apollo Elementary, who will take the stage as a toy soldier in The Nutcracker at the Adler Theatre on December 13 & 14. This is [FULL STORY]

Sherrard Rolls Galva

December 3, 2025 Ty Taylor

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Sherrard never trailed in a 74-45 rout of Galva at Harry Hunt Gymnasium on Tuesday. The Tigers (3-0) forced the Wildcats into 11 turnovers in the [FULL STORY]

Mercer County Deputy Pleads Guilty To DUI

December 3, 2025 Ty Taylor

A Mercer County sheriff’s deputy has pleaded guilty to drunk driving charges. 25-year-old Lewis Andrews entered a guilty plea for DUI and driving the wrong way on a divided highway in Henry County Court on [FULL STORY]

2 Killed In Crash Near Alexis

December 3, 2025 Ty Taylor

Two people are dead following a crash in Warren County. According to a press release from the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, both occupants in a single-vehicle accident on 120th Street, just south of Alexis, were [FULL STORY]