Morrison News

MORRISON – The Morrison City Council delayed a decision Tuesday on whether to allow bars to be open on Sundays.

Dave Peugh has waited a long time for a special coaching opportunity to come along, and that time finally arrived last week.

Morrison is one of the few towns left with the ban – a remnant of the old blue laws that barred a variety of activities on Sundays.

MORRISON – A Creston man was sentenced Wednesday to 5 years in prison for his role in a drive-by shooting at a party at a Sterling home in November.

MORRISON – One City Council member called this week's closed meeting on the city administrator a waste of time.

A man from far western Illinois remained Wednesday night in DuPage County Jail on $350,000 bail, accused of attempting to solicit a child for sex in Naperville.

MORRISON – A Sterling man was sentenced Tuesday to 41/2 years for burglary and 3 years for theft for stealing liquor from two Sterling stores in January and February.

MORRISON – A Sterling man was sentenced Tuesday to two concurrent 4-year prison terms for selling cocaine to an informant in March and for stealing two TVs from Walmart a month earlier.

Tami Tegeler , Administrator of Resthave Home, shows blueprints of the new addition set to get underway in July.

He's doing a pretty good job. He tells it like it is. Sometimes that hurts people,” she said.

MORRISON – A Sterling felon was sentenced to 7 years in prison, nearly a year and half after police found a firearm, ammunition, and a bulletproof vest in his apartment.

City Administrator Jim Wise proposes to refinance the $2 million in bonds that funded the construction of the sports complex.

MORRISON – Nicholas T. Sheley's first Whiteside County trial, slated to begin June 11, now will start Sept.

Whiteside County Assistant State's Attorney Pat Liston, shown here during the opening day of the Patti Mock murder trial, this morning delivered his closing argument to the jury.

MORRISON – The Whiteside County judge presiding over Patti J. Mock's murder trial told jurors Monday that the defense likely will rest its case today.

MORRISON – The city administrator wanted to use a line of credit to pay $25,600 for a parking lot.

MORRISON – A Morrison man was injured Wednesday in a two-vehicle accident on East Main Street near Bartlett Street.

MORRISON – Attorneys for Patti J. Mock, accused of shaking an 8-month-old to death in September 2009, will put on their case starting Thursday morning.

Courtrooms in four Illinois counties – Whiteside, Rock Island, Henry and Mercer – became proving grounds for extended media coverage.

Before then, still cameras, video cameras and microphones were not allowed in Illinois trial courtrooms.