Knox County announcing Community Grant Program using ARPA funds
Applications are being accepted now for the first round of funding from a Community Grant Program set up in Knox County utilizing American Rescue Plan Act funding.
VNA Community Services reopening building to seniors, programs restarting
VNA Community Services of Knox County has only been able to open its doors for 15 total days since March 2020.
Galesburg man facing multiple charges after pointing a “gun” at another man that turned out to be a thermometer
Galesburg Police on Saturday, April 16th, responded to the intersection of East Knox and Day Streets for a report of a male subject pointing a firearm at another male on a bicycle.
Galesburg man with warrants arrested; Galesburg woman facing felony charges for harboring a fugitive
Galesburg Police on Thursday, April 14th was performing surveillance on a residence in the 1100 block of Bateman Street.
‘You inhaled it’: Man inhales drill bit during dental visit
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) – An Illinois man inhaled a drill bit during a routine dental visit – and then ended up at the hospital, where doctors removed it with a rare medical procedure.
Pritzker signs budget with tax freezes, long-term investment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois governor has signed a $46 billion budget plan that provides $1.8 billion in tax breaks and direct payments aimed at softening the blow of inflation, a plan Republicans derided as an
Biden launches $6B effort to save distressed nuclear plants
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to save nuclear power plants at risk of closing, citing the need to continue nuclear energy as a carbon-free source of power that helps to
Turpin, E. Elaine
E. Elaine Turpin, 65, of Galesburg, died unexpectedly, Saturday, April 16, 2022, at Genesis Medical Center Emergency Room, Aledo, Illinois.
Peck, Jon
Jon Peck, 67, of Galesburg, died unexpectedly Sunday, April 17, 2022, at home.
Henry County correctional officer arrested for sexual misconduct charges
A 21-year-old correctional officer in Henry County was arrested this week on two counts of Custodial Sexual Misconduct.