United school board approves HVAC project at high school

Students at United High School are finally getting air conditioning.
GPD respond to St. Mary’s ER after woman attempts to enter other patients’ cars

Tuesday, April 6th, Galesburg Police were dispatched to St. Mary’s Medical Center for reports of a female ER patient who had been discharged acting strange, getting into patients’ vehicles, and maybe under the influence of methamphetamine.
Argument at the gas pumps leads to the arrest of a couple on a slew of charges

On Wednesday, April 7th just before 11:00 pm, Galesburg Police were dispatched to Beck’s on East Main Street for two subjects fighting and possibly under the influence.
Galesburg woman arrested for DUI in a U-Haul

Just after 1:00 am on Wednesday, April 7th, Galesburg Police conducted a traffic stop on a U-Haul truck without taillights in the 1000 block of Monroe Street.
Single-vehicle crash April 8th leads to DUI charges for Galesburg woman

Just before 7:00pm on Thursday, April 8th, Galesburg Police responded to a single-vehicle crash near Lincoln and East North Streets.
Griffee, Carole A.
Carole A. Griffee, 79, of Monmouth, IL passed away at 11:48 am, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at the Monmouth Nursing Home, Monmouth, IL.
Perez, Barbara J.

Barbara Jean Perez, 66, of Galesburg, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family at 10:33 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria.
Man faces charge after Chicago road rage shooting wounds boy
CHICAGO (AP) – Cook County prosecutors say the man driving a car carrying a toddler who was wounded during a shooting on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive this week did not exchange gunfire with the offender who shot
EXPLAINER: Why would an expert witness go without pay?
CHICAGO (AP) – Experts in medicine can command thousands of dollars for testifying in American courtrooms, but prosecutors made a point of letting jurors know that Dr. Martin Tobin was not being paid for his appearance Thursday
Suburbs to get 150,000 more first-dose vaccine appointments
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ governor says the state will make 150,000 more first-dose vaccination appointments available in the Chicago suburbs.
Monmouth Aldermen continue approving TIF-related building rehab project’s grants

Two more grant applications were approved at Monday’s Monmouth City Council meeting for building rehabilitations within the city’s two Tax Increment Finance districts.