Knox County State’s Attorney sounds off cash-bail elimination bill
Jan. 1 brought about changes in Illinois law with the SAFE-T Act but one of the most controversial parts, the Pre-trial Fairness Act that eliminates cash bail was ruled unconstitutional by a Circuit Court Judge just before
Man wanted by GPD for fracturing woman’s skull and more after battering her
At approximately 3:15 in the morning on Friday, Galesburg police responded to OSF St. Mary’s Medical Center for a female victim of an assault.
Galesburg Council approve grants for pair of Knox St. businesses and Discovery Depot
Galesburg City Council approved two grants under the Women and/or Minority-owned business programs on Tuesday night.
Police: Man spray-painted swastikas on Chicago-area church
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) – Authorities say a suburban Chicago man has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly spray-painting swastikas on a church.
1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting outside Indianapolis mall
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Police say a juvenile male has been killed and a man has been wounded in a shooting outside an Indianapolis shopping mall.
UAW workers to vote on CNH offer 8 months after strike began
More than 1,000 striking CNH Industrial workers will soon vote on an offer from the maker of construction and agricultural equipment for the first time since they walked off the job eight months ago.
Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, in what is believed to be the first execution of a transgender woman in the U.S. Amber McLaughlin was put
Indiana medical board sets doctor’s hearing in abortion case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana’s medical licensing board next month will hear a case involving the Indianapolis doctor who this past summer provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from neighboring Ohio.
Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90
Associated Press= Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, has died.
Knox Women’s Basketball Rolls to MWC Win Over Lake Forest
GALESBURG, Illinois – Knox College Women’s Basketball got off to a hot start in the new year with a big 89-54 conference win against the Lake Forest College Foresters.
Prairie Fire men lose close game to Foresters
GALESBURG, Illinois – The Knox College Men’s Basketball team suffered a very hard fought 74-72 point loss to the Lake Forest College Foresters.