Aledo, IL

Aledo Main Street is inviting local artists to help create a new outdoor mural gallery in downtown Aledo. The Mercer County Rotating Outdoor Mural Gallery will feature six panels of artwork designed to complement the [FULL STORY]

The inaugural 384-team IHSA playoff field kicks off this weekend with the first-ever “Opening Round” of the IHSA football postseason. 16 teams in each class are idle this week after earning byes into what is [FULL STORY]

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Local sports results from Thursday are below.   VOLLEYBALL Geneseo def. Sherrard 25-21, 25-11 Kewanee def. Rockridge 25-20, 25-17 Rock Island def. Orion 25-22, 25-17 Bureau Valley def. [FULL STORY]

The Aledo Subway location is facing an uncertain future. On Thursday, staff at the restaurant posted a note on the door that thanked their customers and said they were informed that the Aledo Subway location [FULL STORY]

State rankings are presented by Boswell Construction and Handyman Service; call or text 309-574-0023. Illinois Media, formerly the Associated Press (AP), released its final state rankings of the high school football season heading into the [FULL STORY]

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is considering making separate paths for public and non-boundaried private schools in the state series for bracketed team sports. According to IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson, the association’s competitive [FULL STORY]

Local sports results are presented by MercyOne Genesis Physical Therapy. Sherrard dropped a match to Moline in two sets on Wednesday. The Maroons won 25-16, 25-15.   VOLLEYBALL Moline def. Sherrard 25-16, 25-15 Bureau Valley def. ROWVA-Williamsfield 25-3, [FULL STORY]

The Mercer County School District hired its varsity coaches for girls wrestling and softball at its October school board meeting earlier this week. Christopher Hedrick was named Mercer County High School’s first-ever varsity girls wrestling [FULL STORY]

MercyOne Genesis Aledo is welcoming a new doctor to its team. Dr. Rosa Alvarez is a board-certified family medicine provider. She comes to Aledo from New York and says she’s looking forward to the experience. [FULL STORY]

A Sherrard man has entered a guilty plea and been sentenced to a 90-day GPS-monitored jail term in a cocaine manufacturing/delivery case. 24-year-old Blake Lingafelter pleaded guilty to a Class 1 felony of manufacturing/distributing cocaine [FULL STORY]