San Diego’s Hall of Champions honors local athletes
San Diego’s Hall of Champions honors local athletes, including Garry Templeton, Ron Fowler, and Joe Musgrove.
Spring Cleanup Days Next Week In Galesburg
The City of Galesburg has their annual spring cleanup days starting Monday April 9. Galesburg Assistant City Planner Julie Main joined Tom Meredith on “Galesburg’s Morning News” to talk about the details and some other recycling and
Moon, Seaton
Seaton Moon, 89 of Hermon, passed away at 10:07 a.m. Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Marigold Rehab and Health Care Center in Galesburg.
Oversized trash items getting picked up next week in Galesburg
Clean Up Days are next week in Galesburg.
Smith, Joseph L.
Joseph Lewis Smith “Louie”, age 78 danced his last dance on earth April 5, 2018 at the Marigold Nursing home surrounded by his wife Patty Smith and his family.
Public defender appointed in armed violence case
A public defender has been appointed in the case of a Galesburg man facing over a half-dozen weapon, and drug felony charges.
Knox Health Department holding first ever Health Fair today
It may be hard to believe but this is the 25th anniversary of the Knox County Health Department.
Bond set for U of Chicago student who was shot by officer
CHICAGO (AP) – Bond has been set at $15,000 for a University of Chicago student who was shot after rushing at campus police officers brandishing a long metal pipe.
Credit rating agency unsold on Chicago airport revamp plan
CHICAGO (AP) – Moody’s Investors Service has given a thumbs down to Chicago’s plans to expand O’Hare International Airport.
Woman accused of sexual misconduct at mental health center
GENEVA, Ill. (AP) – A former social worker at a suburban Chicago mental health center has been charged with sexual misconduct involving a disabled person.
Illinois motorcycle ride to honor reservists killed in Iraq
BARTONVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A central Illinois motorcycle club is holding an annual ride to honor 30 local Army reservists who were killed or injured in Iraq more than a decade ago.
New app means new way to report problems in Freeport
FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) – The city of Freeport is giving residents a way to complain about things like potholes that doesn’t require that hey wait on hold.
Grants allow students to learn about Illinois biodiversity
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Students can learn what gives the Prairie State its name this summer thanks to a grant program that pays for field trips to study Illinois’ biodiversity.
Bleeding from synthetic marijuana up to 89 cases in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois public health officials say the number of people in Illinois who have experienced severe bleeding after using synthetic marijuana has increased to 89 cases.
Trial of men charged in death of honor student delayed
CHICAGO (AP) – The murder trial of two men charged in the shooting death of a Chicago teen days after she performed with her high school band at President Barack Obama’s 2013 inaugural festivities won’t begin this
Convicted killer seeking new trial in deaths of wife, 2 sons
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – An attorney is asking an Illinois state court to reconsider the conviction of a man serving life in prison for the 2009 killings of his wife and their two young sons.
16-year-old girl to be tried as adult in killing cover up
STERLING, Ill. (AP) – A judge has ruled that a 16-year-old western Illinois girl will be tried as an adult on charges she tried to cover up the killing of her friend’s mother.
Tornado touchdowns confirmed in southern Illinois
CARTERVILLE, Ill. (AP) – National Weather Service surveys have confirmed four tornadoes in southern Illinois after a round a storms Tuesday.
Chicago school construction could unearth human remains
CHICAGO (AP) – Construction workers building a school in a northwest Chicago neighborhood are working carefully to avoid disturbing human remains that may lie underneath the construction site.
USDA: Illinois farmers to plant more corn than soybeans
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) – The latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says Illinois farmers are expected to continue planting more corn than soybeans even as the trend changes nationally.