Audio from today’s press conference announcing an arrest in the Fred Rooth case. The 83-year-old was beaten and robbed at his rural Joy farmhouse in early May. Fred Rooth’s son-in-law–Jeff Dearinger:
An arrest being announced today in the home invasion of former Mercer County Board member–83 year old Fred Rooth. The suspect has been identified as 55 year old Brian Tully of Burlington. According to a Warren County Sheriff’s Department press…
The Mercer County Board has accepted the retirement of County Clerk Phyllis Bewley. She is stepping down on August 31st. Bewley has been in office for eight-and-a-half-years. The county board has 60 days to fill her vacancy. Bewley’s term runs…
As the 2017 Illinois high school football season gets set to kick off, the reconfigured Three Rivers Conference (Rock Division) will feature five playoff teams from last season—Orion, Rockridge, Fulton, Newman and Bureau Valley. Newman had been on the big…
The Mercer County/Aledo High School football program is number 32 on the Illinois High School Football Most Wins List entering the 2017 season. The data was released this morning and shows Mercer County/Aledo with 571 wins dating back to 1910.…
The Mercer County Board has a new chairman. Carlos Sarabasa of Aledo was elected to the position last night—replacing Joe Vann, who died in late June. Sarabasa will serve in the role through December 2018. Mark Bieri will continue to…
