Rich Egger
News DirectorRich has served as TSPR's News Director since July, 1998. The news department has earned walls full of reporting awards since then. Before coming to TSPR, Rich worked professionally in commercial radio news at WRMN-AM/WJKL-FM in Elgin and WJBC-AM in Bloomington. Rich has a B.A. in Communication Studies with an Emphasis on Radio, TV and Film from Northern Illinois University. In Rich's leisure time he spends way too much money on vinyl records. He also enjoys books, cross-country skiing, rooting for the Cubs and Blackhawks, and making various baked goods, including sugar frosted chocolate bombs. His future plans include getting some tacos, especially when Sandra's Authentic Mexican Truck is in town.
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“There’s no good you can find that came from that individual. None,” said third ward city council member Byron Oden-Shabazz. -
Beth Howard, who lives on a farm near Donnellson, spent two years making the film. -
![Justin Schuch, WIU’s Vice President for Student Success. “We hope that the campus should really sit around 6,000 [to] 6,500. When you think about personnel power, our facilities, that’s the number the institution should be at,” Schuch said.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a6d09db/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x836+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2d%2F47%2F720634a24e23a2208e9de4786ef2%2Fjustin-schuch-sept-2025.jpg)
Despite the drop in enrollment, Vice President for Student Success Justin Schuch senses a good feeling at WIU. -
The Al Sears Music Fest will return Sept. 19-21 with a variety of performances in downtown Macomb. -
City leaders in Macomb continue to hold weekly meetings with a pair of consulting firms to discuss the possibility of building an indoor sports complex in Macomb. -
New Philadelphia in Pike County is the first town planned and legally registered in the U.S. by Black people. -
At a briefing on Tuesday, Sheriff Nick Petitgout said he is "99% certain that Eric Warren-Spears killed Cheyenna Decker.” -
The shooting happened on Aug. 5 in rural Burlington. -
Spoon River College President Curt Oldfield said he is especially proud of the investment the college made in career and technical education with its new Macomb campus. -
Around 300 students are taking classes on SRC's new Macomb campus, and there is room to expand to accommodate even more.
![Justin Schuch, WIU’s Vice President for Student Success. “We hope that the campus should really sit around 6,000 [to] 6,500. When you think about personnel power, our facilities, that’s the number the institution should be at,” Schuch said.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9649622/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x836+0+0/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2d%2F47%2F720634a24e23a2208e9de4786ef2%2Fjustin-schuch-sept-2025.jpg)
