Western Illinois Today

The City of Aledo is announcing emergency trash collection beginning Friday and continuing through Monday if necessary. According to a press release from the City of Aledo, outgoing trash vendor Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS) has [FULL STORY]

Aledo officially has a new waste collection service. A five-year contract between the City of Aledo and Quick’s Dumpster and Disposal started on Friday. The Aledo City Council voted unanimously to terminate its contract with [FULL STORY]

Aledo Main Street has a new executive director. The organization has hired Ashlie Dellitt Fuller for the role on a part-time basis. Her background includes time as a substitute teacher for the Mercer County School [FULL STORY]

A Matherville woman facing three felony meth-related charges has been placed on home detention with GPS tracking. 40-year-old Ashley Engels appeared in Mercer County Circuit Court on Wednesday for her initial appearance and a detention [FULL STORY]

A Sherrard man facing sexual assault of a child charges will return to court in June. 59-year-old Arden Scott Anderson appeared in Mercer County Circuit Court on Tuesday, where a pretrial conference was continued to [FULL STORY]

A Matherville man has been taken into custody after the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department received information about a wanted person. According to deputies, 40-year-old Joshua McRae was taken into custody around 3 p.m. on Monday. [FULL STORY]

A Matherville woman is facing charges following a meth-related arrest on Monday. According to the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department, 40-year-old Ashley Engels was taken into custody on charges of meth trafficking/possession of meth with intent [FULL STORY]

LRS has announced its plans for its final week of servicing Aledo. LRS will be in Aledo on Monday afternoon to collect trash that was not picked up last week. In addition, LRS will be [FULL STORY]