Local News

205 to vote on cutting administrator Tammie Bolden Monday

March 25, 2016 Local News

The District 205 School Board will vote Monday at a special meeting to release administrator Tammie Bolden.

Knox County YMCA nearing campaign goal for new downtown location

March 25, 2016 Local News

Knox County YMCA CEO Adam Sampson says the organization has reached about 80% of its goal needed to open an additional location in downtown Galesburg.

IDOT tests wind turbine as power source for I-74 rest stop

March 25, 2016 Local News

The Illinois Department of Transportation is using a wind turbine to supply supplemental power to a rest stop along Interstate 74 just north of Woodhull.

Teachers remember Silas Willard on the school’s last day of classes before demolition

March 24, 2016 Local News

Spring break starts Monday for District 205 and students have the day off tomorrow. When classes resume April 4, Silas Willard students and teachers will be in a brand new building.

Superintendents warning of ‘dire consequences’ of no state budget

March 24, 2016 Local News

Area Superintendents are sending a warning.

ROWVA teens register 300 students to vote in primary

March 24, 2016 Local News

ROWVA High School Seniors Annabeth Gibbons and Maddie Kalb set out to get area teens registered to vote beginning in December with the Teens Take Charge program they helped found.

Knox County Board clarifies procedures for budget changes, debate appointments

March 24, 2016 Local News

The Knox County Board Finance Committee earlier this month announced that revenue is running below expectations, all the more reason for them to keep an eye on department expenditures.

Bustos and Durbin championing end to Cuban embargo

March 23, 2016 Local News

Local Congresswoman Cheri Bustos and Sen. Dick Durbin have returned from a historic trip to Cuba with President Barack Obama and around 20 other members of Congress.