KCAP hosting panel discussion on attracting talent to the workforce for annual meeting

The Knox County Area Partnership for Economic Development is preparing for its annual meeting on June 16 which will in part focus on what draws and retains talent to the local workforce.
Galesburg woman found with over three pounds of cannabis in vehicle after DUI crash

In the early morning hours on Saturday, May 28th, Galesburg Police responded to the 400 block of North Academy Street for a report of an accident with injuries.
Galesburg Youth Athletic Club & Rock Steady Boxing on Galesburg’s Morning News

Carlos Duncan, Rich Norton, and George Carter Jr. joins WGIL’s Tyler Gumm to talk new programs at the GYAC and Rock Steady moving to the Knox County YMCA on Galesburg’s Morning News.
Baldwin, William T.

William Todd Baldwin of Henderson, Illinois, died at 6:54 a.m. Friday, May 27, 2022, at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria, Illinois, after a short but courageous battle with cancer.
Saline, Harold L.

Harold L. Saline, 71, of Galesburg, IL passed away surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg, IL.
Swanson bill to help emergency dispatchers signed into law

Emergency dispatchers will now have access to many of the same services and benefits as other first responders.
Experts: Beloved plover Monty died of respiratory infection
CHICAGO (AP) – Experts say a necropsy on a a beloved, endangered shorebird in Chicago named Monty the Piping Plover shows he died of a respiratory infection.
After Uvalde, holiday weekend sees shootings nationwide
CHICAGO (AP) – Even as the United States reeled over the massacre of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas, multiple mass shootings happened elsewhere over the Memorial Day weekend.
Officials: Apartment building fire leaves woman dead, 7 hurt
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (AP) – A fire in a Chicago-area apartment building has left one woman dead and seven people hurt – including three firefighters.
