Two Toulon men identified as fatal drowning victims in Knox County
Knox County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a lake near Williamsfield, where they pronounced two men from Toulon, dead at the scene.
Thomas Running For 5th Term As Knox County Coroner
Mark Thomas has served as Knox County Coroner for 16 years plus another 6 as a deputy coroner. He is running for re-election, hoping to serve a fifth term. Mark joined Tom Meredith and Tyler Gumm on
Pair of bridges getting work beginning Monday
The Illinois Department of Transportation is announcing that a couple of bridges in the area are getting some work starting on Monday, September 21.
High court front-runner hailed by right, feared by left
CHICAGO (AP) – A front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a federal appellate judge who has established herself as a reliable conservative on hot-button legal issues
Douglas statue comes down, but Lincoln had racist views, too
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois officials plan to remove a state Capitol statue of Stephen A. Douglas as part of a national reckoning on race prompted by the police-custody death of George Floyd.
New public art piece in Rockford meant to show diversity
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – A new plexiglass sculpture in downtown Rockford is aimed at illustrating the northern Illinois community’s diversity.