Freed, Jeanne

Jeanne Elizabeth Freed,96, of Brookstone, Mattoon, IL, formerly of Monmouth, IL, passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at the Willow Breeze Hospice Home, Mattoon.
Barkley, Bruce

Bruce Owen Barkley, 90, of Galesburg, Illinois, died Saturday, March 30, 2024, at home.
A new warehouse? Artificial turf for Sundberg Field? District 205 explores more construction projects

Board of Education on Monday will consider approval to seek architectural services for several proposed projects
In Galesburg, Sorensen hears about concerns over expiration of Affordable Connectivity Act

A federal program that helps thousands of lower-income residents in Knox County affordably connect to the internet is about to expire.
Court upholds law limiting where child sex offenders can live
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a state law restricting where previously convicted child sex offenders can live is constitutional, although it left open the possibility that it was improperly applied to one
The face of #MoveOver testifies at State Capitol

A Knox County resident who started what became a national and worldwide social media-based movement testified in Springfield Thursday about what she says is the need to slow down and move over when emergency vehicles or even
Bill ending state’s tipped wage advances but prospects uncertain amid pushback

SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois House committee advanced a measure that would end the state’s subminimum wage for tipped workers amid bipartisan opposition this week, but the bill’s sponsor said she’d seek further compromise before presenting it for
Knox County property transfers for March 21-April 3, 2024. See a list of home and other sales

A list of home and other property sales recorded in Knox County over the past week