A Preemption man has filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea in an armed violence case. 29 year old Alex Cady originally pleaded guilty to the Class X felony last October and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.…
Mercer County heads to the Knoxville 1A wrestling regional on Saturday morning. WRMJ Sports Director Jim Taylor caught up with Golden Eagles wrestling coach Steve Speaker this morning.
WRMJ Sports Director Jim Taylor visited with Dave Nanninga today. The Mineral, Illinois native is the site creator of Illinois High School Glory Days. The site celebrates nearly 1,200 closed, deactivated or defunct high schools. It debuted 14 years ago,…
Mercer County hunters harvest 1,545 deer during all 2018/2019 archery and firearm seasons. That compares to 1,479 the year before. Statewide, the deer kill was just over 151,000 during the 2018/2019 seasons, which is 4,000 greater than the year before…
Local State Representative Dan Swanson has joined a number of his Republican colleagues in urging lawmakers to authorize a private sector “deep dive” into state agency spending so that opportunities for cost savings and greater efficiencies can be identified. While supporting…
As you were sleeping last night did you suddenly hear a loud noise like something was crashing into the side of your house? It could have been a “Frost Quake.” A number of people in the area reported a similar…
