Oquawka News

Zena B. Wright , 45, of 822 Robin Lane in Joliet, was arrested by sheriff's police and booked into the county jail Thursday on a charge of aggravated battery.

Line dancers, from left, Emma Alexander, 13, of Biggsville; Anna Stevenson, 13, of Gladstone; and Jamie Bundy, 13, of Oquawka, dance to country music while volunteering at the Henderson County Fun and Flood Relief Day Saturday in West Central Elementary School gym in Biggsville, Ill.

During a March visit to Gulfport, Ill., Hare asked his constituents to help him gain interest in Congress for a 500-year levee by sharing their stories about how the historic Flood of 2008 impacted their lives.

STONE GLEANINGS: Mr. Lewis moved from the W. M. James house into Mrs. Frank Johnson's house in the east part of town.

I really look forward each year in traveling about our county to see sites and visit with our neighbors and those who come from afar, during Heritage Trails in Henderson County.

Near grounds where President Abraham Lincoln had campaigned, the West Central Band plays patriotic music after an unveiling of the Lincoln Memorial and dedication ceremony Sunday afternoon in Oquawka.

This week I was photographing the Oquawka firemen when Chief Hal Jern told me their gear weared 110 lbs.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Cindy Kane of Little York, Ill., adjusts the fake beard of her son William, 10, who was dressed as Abraham Lincoln Sunday during the dedicatoin of Oquawka's new Lincoln Monument in Sesquicentennial Park in Oquawka.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Ed Bruce of Stronghurst, Ill., makes a burn pile Monday out of mold-covered wood, insulation and debris from his recently acquired flood-damaged house in Stevenson Lake, Ill.

Not belonging to the West Central Illinois Drug Task Force does not affect the Henderson County Sheriff's Department's drug investigations and arrest, said to Henderson County Sheriff Mark Lumbeck.

Henderson County officials say a western Illinois man was found dead days after being involved in a motorcycle accident.

Henderson County officials say a western Illinois man was found dead days after being involved in a motorcycle accident.

Henderson County officials say a western Illinois man was found dead days after being involved in a motorcycle accident.

LOCAL AND AREA NEWS: While using a fishing pole with line and hook attached to rout some English sparrows from a crevice at their home, Miss Jennie Galbraith had the misfortune to have a finger caught by the fish hook, the barb penetrated so deeply that it was necessary to enlist surgical aid in removing it, which was done by making a deep incision ...

The longtime Henderson County resident, who has served with the state police for 20 years, will run as a Republican in the upcoming election.

On April 28, 1867, 12 women joined together to form a secret college society for women, not knowing what the future would hold.

By JOHN MANGALONZO jmangalonzo@thehawkeye.com OQUAWKA, Ill. -- An anonymous tip Thursday led state and local narcotics officers to a home in rural Oquawka, Ill., and the discovery of an elaborate marijuana planting operation.

Rumors and mistrust may be the worst aftershocks of disasters, and recovery pamphlets warn of these feelings.

MEDIA MEANDERINGS: Thomas Wilson returned from Florida where he purchased a home and soon will move there.

Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Professional fishermen and their assigned marshals stand for the National Anthem before setting out on the Mississippi River during day two of the Bassmaster Elite Series' Genuity River Rumble Friday at the docks located near Riverview Park in Fort Madison.