Joshua Carpenter named Officer of the Year by Crime Stoppers
Galesburg Police Officer Joshua Carpenter has been named the 2021 Officer of the Year by Galesburg Area Crime Stoppers.
14-year old male arrested after stealing a truck.
Around 10:45pm on Sunday, May 23rd, Galesburg Police were dispatched to the 100 block of North Garfield for a vehicle theft that had occurred earlier in the night.
Knoxville Love’s Travel Stop converts to solar energy
A trio of Love’s Travel Stops throughout the state of been converted over to solar energy panels, including the location in Knoxville.
Ewalt, Mary L.
Mary Lois Ewalt passed away peacefully at home on May 22, 2021. She was born on November 1, 1935, in Albia, Iowa to Lois and George Wolter. She married Roy Lee Ewalt on December 22, 1956, and
Burkardt, Virginia M.
Virginia Marie Burkardt, 78, of Galesburg died at the Knox County Nursing Home on May 21, 2021, at 12:03 A.M.
Skinner, Marvin L.
Marvin Lee Skinner, 79 of Abingdon, died at 10:20 a.m. Friday, January 8, 2021, at the Swedish American Hospital in Rockford.
With Bustos leaving, King running for Congress again
Esther Joy King is running again.
Corrections Department: Paroled child killer now a fugitive
CHICAGO (AP) – A 76-year-old man newly paroled from an Illinois prison after serving time for the 1972 murder of a teenage boy is considered a fugitive.
Chicago priest Pfleger reinstated after abuse investigation
CHICAGO (AP) – Nationally known activist Chicago priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger will be reinstated as the leader of his parish after an investigation found “insufficient reason to suspect” he sexually abused children.
Man dies after car plunges off bridge; teenager recovering
CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) – Police say a suburban Chicago man has died and a teenage boy is recovering after both were rescued from the Calumet River where the car they were riding in left a bridge and