Pritzker signs changes to SAFE-T Act’s cash bail provisions
Third follow-up to criminal justice reform becomes law ahead of pretrial overhaul
Winter warming shelter returning to Hawthorne Gym
There will be a warming shelter for those in need this winter in Galesburg.
Firefighters battle blaze at Galesburg home Wednesday
Galesburg Fire responded to a structure fire on Wednesday morning at a single-story home at 1000 Lancaster St.
Two Galesburg women facing charges after finding a man’s wallet and using his debit card.
Last Thursday, December 1st, a 74-year-old East Galesburg man who works at HyVee on East Main Street spoke with Galesburg Police after the man realized he left his wallet behind at the store while at the self-checkout
Castle, Virginia A.
Virginia “Nina” Ann Castle, 81 of St. Augustine, passed away at 11:01 p.m. Monday, December 5, 2022, at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg.
LaPorte, Holly G.
Holly Gayle LaPorte, 64, of Galesburg, died at 5:35 a.m. on Sunday, December 4, 2022, at her home.
Williams, Marjorie L.
Marjorie Lucille Williams, 100, of Avon, Illinois passed away at 1:27 PM Saturday, December 3, 2022, at the Renaissance Care Center in Canton, IL.
Dowell, Margery N.
Margery N. Dowell, 87 of Galesburg and formerly of Abingdon, passed away at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg.
‘There’s nothing like it in Galesburg’: Selfie Museum a place to create visual memories
The Galesburg Selfie Museum is a new business being brought forward by local residents Gogo Kupa and her husband Yannick Kapita.
Worker dies after crane overturns at S Illinois refinery
ROXANA, Ill. (AP) – A coroner says a contractor died after a crane overturned at a refinery in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis.
Jury awards $2.6M to 3 Lake County workers fired by clerk
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) – A jury has awarded more than $2.6 million to three former Lake County employees who claimed the county circuit court clerk fired them because they supported her opponent in the 2016 election.
Woman gets 25 years for robbery in which boyfriend killed 6
CHICAGO (AP) – A woman who watched her former boyfriend kill six members of his family in their Chicago home, then helped him steal their property has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Monmouth College receives $470K grant to support underrepresented STEM students
Monmouth College has received a major national grant to help make higher education more inclusive.