Hancock County News

Illini West High School district finished its first year in the black. However, because of delays in receiving both local and state income, the district had to borrow money to pay their July bills.

The actors come from around the world with multiple goals that all start with a love of God and a desire to portray the local history of their Mormon heritage.

Many Dallas City residents awoke on a June Saturday to find a layer of black powder covering their possessions, homes and property, and now they're learning how it's going to be cleaned up.

Hancock County will celebrate the 4th of July with lots of entertainment. Come and enjoy the holiday with family and friends.

The Wisdom Of Barnyard Bruke: "You Can't Keep Trouble out of Yer' house, but you don't hafta' give it a Chair to sit on" Greetings to all residents of Hancock and Henderson counties, making things do inspite of ...

About a week and a half ago, a major spill occurred at the T-intersection at Illinois Route 9 splitting the path to La Harpe, Carthage, and Dallas City.

Hancock County and the surrounding area has been hit hard over the past couple of weeks by raging flood waters that weren't to be seen again for another 485 years.

OF THE JOURNAL STAR Posted Jun 21, 2008 @ 01:08 AM WARSAW - Hancock County residents watching the flooded Mississippi River have moved into a wait-and-see mode as water levels have stabilized.

By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com DALLAS CITY, Ill. -- After more than a week of detours through Colusa, people traveling through western Illinois have one less roadblock.

Officials in western Illinois want residents out of waterlogged areas around the Mississippi River after a Henderson County levee break.

The Meyer levee was compromised just after 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. The breach is believed to be at or near Lock and Dam #20 in Meyer.

Volunteers have continued to monitor sandbag walls for leaks or boils and will continue to do so long after the peak flood level, which passed much of the county Thursday night.

Levees in west-central Illinois were breached early Wednesday as the swollen Mississippi River spilled floodwaters into Hancock and Adams counties, according to a CNN report.

Authorities say that low-lying communities along the Mississippi River in Illinois could have their power shut off as a safety precaution.

The city of Hannibal desperately needs sandbaggers at 7th and Warren Barrett Drive.

We received a call just moments ago in our newsroom saying sandbaggers are badly needed all day at the Hunt Drainage District pumping station south of Warsaw.

Hundreds of Hancock County residents and those from afar gathered just south of the new Highway 336 interchange outside of Carthage to witness the groundbreaking of the new facility that will replace the ...

Meet Your Neighbor, Blake Mealey. He was born January 28th, 1989 at Memorial Hospital in Carthage, as the only son of Diana and Mike Mealey.

It saves money, challenges and gives students a head start on college. Another benefit, it fights high school senioritist boredom.

Construction officially began on the new Memorial Hospital facility Saturday with the first shovels of dirt turned during the groundbreaking ceremony at Carthage.