Abingdon News

ABINGDON, Illinois - In a comfortable Abingdon neighborhood, nobody really knew what happened inside the house at 606 W. Monmouth Street.

By this point, a good many school children have uttered the dreaded phrase, "I'm bored!" Four area girls preparing for the upcoming Wrangler Junior High National Finals Rodeo in Gallup, N.M. don't have time to be bored let alone think about being bored.

Roseville firemen responded to a mutual aid call from Abingdon Fire Department on Saturday, April 11, at 5:25 p.m. at the intersection 80th Ave.

DIXON –A 28-year-old Ashton man who was found dead early Sunday in his apartment had been hit in the head with a rock, investigators said in court documents filed Wednesday.

A Lee County man has been charged with the murder of a former Abingdon man whose body was found in his home Sunday afternoon.

No matter the outcome of the April 7 election, several of Knox County's municipalities likely will be seeing some new faces.

Four fire departments responded to a fire early Wednesday that caused substantial damage to the inside of a restaurant.

No one was injured when an ultralight aircraft went down near the Knox-Warren county line Thursday night.