Lesley Van Ness

MRN Top 50 stories: Behavior of adults in prep sports, Bliefnick case lead list of most read in 2023

December 29, 2023 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher

Listed below are the most-read stories on Muddy River News for 2023. The rankings are provided by our analytics, not anyone’s opinion. Not surprisingly, the tragic murder of Becky Bliefnick by her estranged husband, Tim Bliefnick, and his subsequent trial were the dominant overall news stories of the year. But as far as one singular…

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Lesley Swick Van Ness, former WGEM-TV news anchor, dies at 42

April 12, 2023 | By Muddy River News

Lesley Swick Van Ness, a former news anchor for WGEM and executive at Gray Television, died Monday in Naples, Fla. Van Ness, 42, was a Hancock County native from Elvaston. She graduated from Hamilton High School and Illinois State University. She and her family were living in Morton, Illinois. She is survived by her husband,…

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