A New Boston man’s sexual assault case has been continued to November. 25-year-old Joshua Masters appeared in Mercer County Circuit Court Tuesday morning for a pre-trial conference. He faces a Class 1 felony and was arrested in June after Mercer…
Governor J.B. Pritzker was asked about the #LetUsPlay movement Tuesday and specifically if high school football could be reinstated this fall. He says that idea “would not be good for the families and children of Illinois.”
The Sherrard Junior High and High School bands planning a fall performance. It will be outside says band director David Grayson. The fall junior high and high school band concert will be on Saturday, October 3rd at 2:00 p.m.…
A Burlington, Iowa woman arrested in Mercer County on a Cook County warrant for Possession of Methamphetamine between 15 and 100 grams. 35 year old Kenesha Adams was taken into custody on Monday. She is being held in the Mercer…
The Mercer County Health Department (MCHD) announcing five additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the county’s total to 119 cases. The latest cases include: one male in his 80s, two males in their 20s, one female in her 60s,…
Mercer County Crime Stoppers currently seeking information about the theft of an ATV over the Labor Day weekend. On September 7th, Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a theft of a Camouflage 2007 Honda Rincon from a farm…
Revisiting the story of a “Presidential love child” and the connection to Mercer County. It is confirmed that President Warren G. Harding had a relationship with a woman named Nan Britton and they had an out of wedlock child named…
Another continuance has been granted for a Viola man awaiting trial on 16 felony counts in a child porn investigation. Illinois Supreme Court rules are not allowing trials at this time due to the ongoing pandemic. 45 year old James…
Rezoning of Hawthorn Ridge Golf Course will be getting attention later this week. County Administrator Ron Fullerlove says the new owner of the property needs a zoning change, but Fullerlove confirms there is opposition to the plan. Fullerlove also…
Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) officials announce the investigation into the death of Tyler L. Smith still continues as we approach the second anniversary of his death. Smith, a 23-year-old Western Illinois University college graduate from…
