Macomb Mayor Mike Inman met with Pope Leo XIV during a recent trip to the Vatican sponsored by the Illinois Municipal League.

Instead of the district assigning Chromebooks to each student, the devices will be stored in shared carts in classrooms and libraries and checked out when instruction requires them.

A woman who grew up in western Illinois and went on to work in national politics is encouraging others to be engaged in the process.

The Downtown Galesburg Coffee Crawl will take place from 8 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, with stops at The Beanhive, Innkeeper’s, and Orange Cup Sidecar.

Festival events are taking place now through next month.

Representatives from the Knox County Area Partnership for Economic Development and the city of Galesburg are headed to Washington, D.C. next week to advocate for federal support for three infrastructure projects.

The one-year contract is scheduled to begin on May 1.

The Macomb city council this week gave the thumbs up to awarding two bids for the new water treatment plant project.

Intercity bus service is expanding in Galesburg after the city council approved an agreement allowing Flix North America Inc. to operate from the city-owned Amtrak depot on South Seminary Street.

“Exploitation is a low-risk, high-profit crime,” said Carol Merna, Chief Executive Officer for the Peoria-based Center for Prevention of Abuse. She led the training.