S. Carl Ewing

S. Carl Ewing, 89, of Monmouth, died Thursday, April 16, 2026, at the Richard Owens Hospice Home in Peoria.
Danielle Hulick Tansel has big plans for Galesburg aquatics — and she’s just getting started

A Galesburg native, Notre Dame swimmer, and 25-year collegiate coach returns home to lead the city’s aquatics program — and she’s already thinking big.
‘We are actual people’: Galesburg dispatchers open up during National Telecommunicators Week

Ashley Aldridge and Samantha Swanson have answered 9-1-1 calls since 2017 — the chaos, the stress, the cliffhangers, and why they wouldn’t trade it.
Knox County property transfers for April 7-15, 2026 — see a list of home and other sales

A list of real estate transfer declaration transactions recorded in Knox County the week of April 7-15, 2026.
The name on the school is gone — but the story of Rose Hoben Welch should never be forgotten

Evan Massey tells the story of an educator who taught for 66 years, stood up for minorities decades before the civil rights movement, and deserves to be remembered by name — not just by a school that no longer exists.
