
The Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department reporting that six vehicles have been stolen from a neighborhood south of Coyne Center. Four have now been recovered. Deputies say all of the vehicles were unlocked with keys inside and one case involved…
DUI charges have been filed in a Sherrard school bus accident. The driver–33 year old Dustin Leath of New Windsor–is accused of being under the influence of drugs and crashing into a tree along Illinois Route 17 last March. A…
As a Mercer County woman awaits trial in a meth case, her attorney also awaits trial in a separate controlled substance case in Rock Island County. 45 year old John G. Steckel of Rock Island faces Class 1 and Class…
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is moving forward with plans to reintroduce a fish that was once native to Illinois waterways. The alligator gar is coming back says Rick O’Neil with IDNR’s Department of Fisheries. He spoke about the…
WRMJ News Director Jim Taylor spoke with Rockridge FFA secretary Brittany Olson this week. The senior won the Section 4 Livestock Judging Contest earlier this spring and is now looking forward to the summer county fair circuit.
Contestants sought for this summer’s Mercer County Fair Queen Pageant. It’s pretty easy to enter says Pageant Director Joni Caldwell of Viola. The 2017 Mercer County Fair Queen Pageant is Tuesday, July 11th. Caldwell says there will be practices on…