Rootabaga Jazz Festival Returns For 41st Year
The Rootabaga Jazz Festival is back after a year hiatus. The festival will take place at the Orpheum Theater Friday and Saturday. Knox College Associate professor and Chair of Music Nikki Malley joined Tom Meredith and Tyler
Loaded gun found inside Galesburg hotel room
Galesburg Police on Saturday, April 10th was dispatched to the Best Western Prairie Inn at 300 S. Soangetaha Road after housekeeping located a firearm left in one of the rooms.
Padilla, Esperanza “Hope”
Esperanza “Hope” Padilla, 80, of Galesburg, died peacefully at home Monday, April 12, 2021, at 6:05 a.m.
Dozens gather in Chicago to protest killing of Daunte Wright
CHICAGO (AP) – Dozens of people marched around downtown Chicago to express solidarity with the family of Daunte Wright, a Minnesota man fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop.
Dogs banned from Chicago firehouses after fatal attack
CHICAGO (AP) – Dogs have been banned from Chicago firehouses after one ran free, fatally attacking a family dog that was being walked near the station.
2 sentenced to prison for murder of congressman’s grandson
CHICAGO (AP) – Thirty-year prison sentences have been handed two people found guilty in the 2016 murder of the grandson of Illinois Congressman Danny Davis.
Carl Sandburg College holding trades expo Thursday
Job seekers looking to get into the skilled trades or industrial sectors will not want to miss Carl Sandburg College’s next career expo being held Thursday, April 15.