205 and GEA reach tentative agreement on 3-year contract

The District 205 Board of Education has reached a tentative three-year contract agreement with the Galesburg Education Association.
Marlow, Gerald E.

Gerald E. “Jerry” Marlow, 78, of Monmouth, IL, passed away at 10:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at the Aledo Health Care Center, Aledo, IL.
Williams, Donald R.

Rev. Donald R. Williams, 73, of Knoxville, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021, at 1:06 PM, OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg.
Suspect in fatal shooting of Chicago girl, 7, shot, captured
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago police exchanged gunfire with a suspect believed to be connected to the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl as she sat in a car with her father in a McDonald’s drive-thru.
Foxx didn’t view video of Adam Toledo’s shooting in advance
CHICAGO (AP) – Cook County’s top prosecutor says she bears the responsibility for not viewing the footage of 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s fatal shooting or reviewing the misleading description of his killing by Chicago police before it was
Chicago man charged in road-rage shooting that wounded child
CHICAGO (AP) – Attempted murder charges have been filed against a suspect in a road-rage shooting on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive earlier this month that critically wounded a toddler.
Plenty of fundraisers and educational opportunities make up your weekend

WGIL’s community events page has you covered with plenty to do this weekend.