Lacon News

C. Ray Ward, 81, of Lacon died Friday, July 3, 2009, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton.

A new pizza joint has taken the small town of Lacon by storm. Eric Shangraw tries the Mediterranean Chicken at The Pizza Peel in this week's You Gotta Eat.

Meredith Lyn Anderson and Jamie Todd Hattan are announcing their engagement. Parents of the couple are Dennis and Connie Anderson of Princeton, and Les and Donna Hattan of Lacon.

A former Streator teenager apparently killed himself last week in Lacon. Marshall County Coroner Dave Lenz Jr.

Just a few minutes ago...a nearly day long search ended in Marshall County. An inmate escaped from the jail Saturday night but was found just before 5:30 this evening after receiving a tip that he was hiding in a garage just north of he jail.

Mike Hiell had been scheduled to be sworn in Monday night for a third term as Lacon mayor.

Dr. Jerry Swanson is a board-certified neurologist at Mayo Clinic and is a professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.

Murder suspect Tony Smith was officially indicted by the Marshall County grand jury 'Wednesday. Smith faces four counts of firsta 'degree murder in the shooting death of Judith Berchtold on April 11th.

Marshall County Sheriff Rob Russell wheels accused murderer Tony Smith back to jail after a court appearance Monday morning.

The Ladd Community Improvement Association is looking for entries for the Ladd Summer Fest talent show, set for 6:30 p.m. July 8 at the Ladd Memorial Park.

Speaking of tea parties, join The Women of Worship during their 2nd annual Mother-Daughter tea on May 2. The event, which will include a light lunch, begins at 2 p.m. at the Higher Dimensions Praise & Worship Church, 2610 W. Nebraska Ave.

Accused murderer Tony Smith made his first court appearance Tuesday morning on a charge of killing his estranged girlfriend in Sparland 10 days ago with five blasts from a 12-gauge shotgun.

Town hall event PRINCETON - A live nationwide Internet broadcast featuring Dave Ramsey speaking on the the topic “The Economy, Your Money, Real Answers” will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the New Hope Church of the Nazarene, 30 N. Sixth St.

The Lacon Chamber of Commerce has established a college-scholarship fund in memory of a local insurance agent killed last week in a motor-vehicle accident.

Friends of Judith Berchtold knew there was trouble between her and her live-in boyfriend, Tony Smith, but they never imagined he might go "this far," a close friend said Monday.

A fatal shooting in Sparland Saturday night may end with the alleged shooter sitting on death row.

A Lacon man who allegedly shot and killed his estranged girlfriend late Saturday night was then shot by a Lacon police officer, authorities said.

WMBD/WYZZ TV - LACON -- A 49-year-old Sparland woman was killed by her estranged fiance last night.

Forecasters expect high winds and sporadic rain and snow showers to continue throughout Illinois as a wintry storm system moves across the state.

Illinois lawmakers Thursday night signed off on a "mini" road plan, worth about nine billion dollars that Governor Pat Quinn says is necessary to get people back to work this summer.