This year's speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation at Knox College is Melvin L. Rogers, the Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brown University.

The Prairie Hills Land Bank Authority will seek a $1 million federal grant to clean up the former Haeger Pottery property in Macomb.

The residency connects Knox students and the Galesburg community with world-class jazz artists for a week of workshops and collaborative activities. It will culminate in a free concert at the Orpheum Theatre.

A Galesburg woman has pleaded not guilty to aggravated DUI, reckless homicide, and drug possession in a fatal crash late last year on Lake Storey Road.

The board could take action on the proposed changes in February or March.

The team at Macomb city hall will have a new member beginning Jan. 20.

Cindy Owsley said she participated in 40 protests last year. This is already her second of 2026.

Dr. Brian Curtis, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for OSF HealthCare, said last year’s surge in respiratory illness was due to a combination of influenza, COVID, and RSV. This year, it’s primarily the flu.

Federal data found that millions of people struggled to get enough food in 2024. The report will be the final publication of such data after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it will scrap the annual hunger survey.

Under the state’s Pretrial Fairness Act, probable cause alone is not enough to hold someone in jail before trial.