Esther Joy King wants to be the new face and the new voice of the 17th Congressional District. She hopes to unseat incumbent Cheri Bustos in the fall. Joy is running in the March 17th Republican Primary and recently swung…
Mild temperatures will be the norm for the first part of March. That’s National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Cousins out of the Quad Cities bureau. He spoke with WRMJ early Monday morning.
WRMJ News/Sports Director Jim Taylor visited with retiring Mercer County Junior High athletic director and teacher Bob Stockham on the WRMJ Sportsline Saturday morning. Stockham was first hired by the former Westmer School District in the mid 1980’s.
U.S. Chief District Judge Sara Darrow today sentenced Dana Frye, former executive vice president and chief loan officer of the failed Country Bank of Aledo to five years in prison, the maximum prison term for conspiring with others to make…
Mercer County Sheriff Dusty Terrill supporting the Illinois Sheriff’s Association as the group expresses concern over a recent Illinois Department of Corrections policy change. The change means convicted felons who aren’t U.S. citizens are being released to the public with…
Bond has been set at $150,000 for a Keithsburg man facing a felony charge of sexual relations within families. The figure was set today in Mercer County Circuit Court for 45 year old Kevin Hockenberry. Hockenberry had been out on…
More mild weather on the way. Temperatures will be reaching 50 by the weekend. That’s meteorologist Tom Philip with the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities.
A third arrest in a string of Mercer County burglaries. 32 year old Donald Ayers of Orion was taken into custody last week by Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputies. He has posted bond. A first court appearance is set for March…
A New Windsor man charged with three Class X felony child porn counts has waived his preliminary hearing. 59 year old James Pierson entered a not guilty plea to the charges Tuesday morning in Mercer County Circuit Court. A pre-trial…
Another delay in the criminal case against Mercer County High School teacher Mark Artcher. He appeared in Mercer County Circuit Court Tuesday morning for a pre-trial conference with the matter continued to April 6th. His attorney asked for the continuance.…
