Man charged with armed robbery after holding up gas station for drugs
A man is in custody for armed robbery after threatening an employee with a knife at the Shell Gas Station on Grand Ave. Wednesday night.
Knox County Right to Life & Women’s Pregnancy Center hosting Drive-Thru Baby Shower Saturday, August 7th
Jennifer Remmes, President of the Knox County Right to Life and Darlene McGarry, Director of the Women’s Pregnancy Center in Galesburg joined WGIL’s Tyler Gumm on Galesburg’s Morning News to talk about an upcoming Drive-Thru Baby Shower
Masking required for all indoor IHSA athletic events
Governor JB Pritzker announced Wednesday that the Illinois Department of Public Health’s All-Sports policy will now require masks to be worn for all indoor IHSA athletic events regardless of vaccination status.
Peoria Diocese Catholic schools to require masks for in-person learning
Following Governor JB Pritzker’s decision to require masks to be worn for in-person learning in schools, the Catholic Schools of the Peoria Diocese have announced they’ll be complying at its facilities.
Suburban Chicago cop won’t face charges for shooting teen
CHICAGO (AP) – Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx won’t file criminal charges against a suburban Chicago police officer who accidentally shot a teenager during a shootout with a suspected bank robber.
School masks, state worker vaccinations required in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ governor says all students and staff members in schools will be required to wear face coverings effective immediately.
Police: Indiana woman shot husband, used axe to remove legs
LAPORTE, Ind. (AP) – Authorities say an Indiana woman charged in her husband’s fatal shooting used an axe to cut off his legs before trying to enlist her two teenage children in a failed plan to burn