A special prosecutor handling the misdemeanor disorderly conduct case against Viola Police Chief Troy Brock. A first appearance was scheduled for Tuesday in Mercer County Circuit Court but was continued to Feb. 6. According to a Mercer County Sheriff’s Department…
A Quad Cities man charged with gunning down a Sherrard teen over two years ago has been apprehended. 23-year-Darvion Lard was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon in Moline by the U.S. Marshals Service. He is accused in the December of…
A former student has waived his preliminary hearing in a case involving a threat made to Mercer County High School. 19-year-old Aaron David McRae of Joy has pleaded not guilty to a Class 4 felony charge of disorderly conduct involving…
The Mercer County School District is continuing to utilize the Joy facility for athletic events and practices, but other options are being explored moving forward says Unit 404 Superintendent Scott Petrie. Currently, the Joy campus is home to the Unit…
The Aledo Times Record storefront has a new tenant. Frick & Fell Home Sales now occupies the property. It’s a good fit for the business says Zach Frick. The Times Record vacated the downtown Aledo storefront in late October. Frick…
Genesis Medical Center in Aledo hopes the new year will find more area residents using what they fell is on of the best services they offer, their Infusion Center. Genesis Health Services Manager in Aledo, Jennifer Green, explains what they…
As the year ends, Mercer County Health Department Administer Carla Ewing is retiring. Her last day on the job was Thursday. Health Department employee Angie Litterst is taking over as the new administrator.
A Kankakee County judge is declaring that a key provision of Illinois’ sweeping criminal justice reform law violates the state constitution. Circuit Judge Thomas Cunnington ruled Wednesday that the portion of the state’s controversial SAFE-T Act that ends cash bail…
Ameren Illinois encouraging customers to take advantage of the Google Nest program. Nick Lovier is with the utility… Again the website is amerenillinoissavings.com/cybermonday.
Thanks to funding from the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation, Mercer County and Sherrard schools are seeing the impact of enhanced mental health services. The foundation made a three-year, $156,000 grant to the Mercer County Mental Health Action Program. Kelly Thompson is…
