Galesburg man seen littering now facing numerous charges

Just before 1:30 this morning, Galesburg Police conducted a traffic stop on a Chevy sedan without a front registration plate on Mulberry Street.
Abingdon woman charged after jumping from a moving vehicle

Around 6:00 pm on Thursday, March 18th, Galesburg Police responded to the area of South Seminary and Huston Streets when a group of children reported an injured woman laying on the sidewalk.
Galesburg woman arrested after attempting to steal a truck

On Tuesday, March 16th, an employee at Scott’s Power Equipment on Linwood Road contacted police after he confronted a woman for trying to steal his vehicle.
Jenks, Dixie L.

Dixie Lee Jenks, 79, of Monmouth, IL passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family at 8:53 pm, Saturday, March 13, 2021, at her home. She fought a courageous battle against cancer for over a year to
Galesburg’s unemployment rate doubles in the last year

Knox County had an unemployment rate of 8.8 percent in January, while just Galesburg had a 9.8 percent rate.
Bustos Helps Pass Package to Protect Against Gender Discrimination

Wednesday, March 17th, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos helped pass a package of bills to protect against gender discrimination, inequality, and violence, and honor Women’s History Month.
Man accused of threatening Trump, other federal officials
CHICAGO (AP) – A central Illinois man is accused of threatening the life of former President Donald Trump, a U.S. attorney and a federal judge. Damien Grant of Peoria is charged with influencing a federal official by
Bail set at $5 million for man accused in ex-in-laws’ deaths
OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) – A northern Illinois man is being held in lieu of a $5 million bond in the shooting deaths of his former in-laws in their rural Sheridan home.
Pritzker ‘Bridge’ last leg to freedom of post-COVID-19 world
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois governor on Thursday set out guidelines governing a transition to a post-COVID-19 state as more and more people are vaccinated against the coronavirus.