Blue Mound News

URBANA – A Blue Mound man convicted of aggressive acts aimed at his ex-girlfriend and her family has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Macon County Headlines Rockies Express Pipeline in service, but construction continues The Blue Mound compressor station for Rockies Express Pipeline East is now fully operational.

"Fore was apparently about his duties related to the dredging operation in this general basin area prior to the incident.

Members of Shelby Electric Cooperative re-elected three board members at the cooperative's 71st annual meeting held Friday, June 12, 2009.

A semi rolled over on U.S. Highway 45 near Blue Mound Road and Watertown Plank Road, closing all southbound lanes, including the shoulders Monday afternoon.

More than 40 years after gas station attendant Bruce Wayne Clark was shot to death in the central Illinois village of Blue Mound, a 64-year-old Jerseyville man has been arrested in the murder and is held on $2 million bond.

A homicide that has remained unsolved for over 40 years has apparently been solved.

It's easy to be jaded when talking about reform in Illinois. Public officials talk about it, good-government groups and editorial writers demand it, and people on the street say they'd like to see it happen.