Western Illinois Today

A 911 hang-up call leads to a weekend domestic battery arrest in rural Sherrard. Elizabeth Hazen was taken into custody Sunday. The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department and New Windsor Police Department were involved in the [FULL STORY]

Hunters and trappers took a preliminary total of 141 bobcats during the 2016-17 Illinois Bobcat Hunting and Trapping Season, but none in the local counties of Mercer, Rock Island, Warren, Henderson and Knox. More than [FULL STORY]

Even without a state budget, local health care providers are still being paid—but Medicaid reimbursements are lagging as much as four months now says Genesis Medical Center Aledo administrator Ted Rogalski and he says that’s [FULL STORY]

A new program is now available in Mercer County providing temporary safe homes for children in difficult circumstances. The effort is a partnership between a Davenport based group called “Safe Families” and the First Baptist [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County Board has amended the county’s liquor control ordinance.  It pertains to elected officials says County Board Chairman Joe Vann. The county board approved the change this week.

Western Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos says she should know in about a month if she’s going to run for governor. Bustos said earlier this week she hopes to decide on her political future by about [FULL STORY]

The results are in from added enforcement during Super Bowl weekend by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department. The detail was funded through a grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation. The extra enforcement resulted in [FULL STORY]