Erickson, Laura A.

Laura A. Erickson, age 98, formerly of Oneida, Illinois, died at 7:20 a.m. on Monday, October 14, 2024, at Courtyard Estate in Knoxville, Illinois.
Unemployment either rises or declines in area counties

Declines in most areas, including unemployment in some areas, jobless hikes in others
Neighboring business purchases vacant lot at site of Downtown Galesburg fire. Here’s its plan

Thrive Community Services plans to turn Main Street lot into green space
‘My client is the speaker’: Jury hears wiretapped calls of Madigan co-defendant, longtime friend

Prosecutors paint picture of Mike McClain’s extreme loyalty to ex-Illinois House speaker
State’s attorney says end of cash bail an ‘abject failure’ in his Illinois county
A full year into the state’s end of cash bail, a suburban county state’s attorney says the law has been “an abject failure” for his county. Illinois ended cash bail statewide in September 2023 after litigation against
Illinois scholarship program accused of excluding white applicants
The state of Illinois is being sued over a teaching scholarship program that is being called racist. Pacific Legal Foundation filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the American Alliance for Equal Rights challenging the
Knox County eyes partial move to former downtown Galesburg bank by Spring 2025. Here’s the latest

All non-judicial offices would move to nearby downtown building
Knox County property transfers for Oct. 17-23, 2024. See a list of home and other sales

A list of home and other property sales recorded in Knox County over the past week