MERCER Co., Ill. (KWQC) - A judge sentenced the former Viola Mayor, Michael Lester to 18 months of probation and 30 days in jail stayed. When a jail sentence is “stayed,” the jail time is ...

Western Reserve College represented opportunity for women under President Carroll Cutler’s progressive leadership. Viola Smith Buell was the first woman to enroll at Western Reserve in 1872 and became ...

The former mayor of Viola, Ill. has been sentenced in connection with charges of theft of government funds and official misconduct. According to court records, Michael Lester, 59, appeared in ...