Shannon News

DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL! was a familiar warning during the 1930's and '40's when radio was the dominant form of entertainment and news.

Clam up!! That old timey saying we do understand as opposed to the one last week that noted "Happy as a clam." Dr.Rachel Horner-Brackett, received her PhD in Anthropology, on December 17th, 2011 at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

William and Mary Boardman came from England in 1835. In the late 1830s, not too many years after the nearby Apple River Fort was attacked by 200 Fox and Sauk warriors during the summer of 1832, the Boardmans built a log cabin and settled in to farm in the rural county of Carroll, outside of Shannon, Illinois.

Philip Cooke Bishop was charged in Carroll County with Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, DUI with a BAC of .08, Transporting Liquor, Failing to Reduce Speed, and Not Displaying a Registration Plate / Decal.