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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Two candidates are seeking the Republican Party nomination in the 17th Congressional District in Illinois. -
Black children in Lewis County, Mo., were educated in the one-room schoolhouse for 75 years beginning in 1880. -
The candidates are retired Illinois State Trooper Joe Moon and current Sheriff Nicholas Petitgout. -
While closing the pool last fall, the city noticed increased deterioration of the structural concrete underneath it. -
Western Illinois University’s spring 2026 enrollment is 4,735, according to data from the administration. -
The city council this week agreed to pay $150,000 to acquire the south half of the structure built in 1857 as the Randolph House Hotel. -
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There’s a new twist in the ongoing effort to build a career and technical education center in McDonough County. -
A federal court has dismissed a second lawsuit filed against McDonough County and its sheriff by a former deputy who was fired. -
The Mountaintop is described in a release as a “gripping reimagination” of King’s last night on Earth.
