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Fred and Nancy Jones of Macomb have been married more than 60 years, and they’ve each been creating art even longer than that. Yet, they’ve never shown their work together —until now.
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Non-stop music will fill the street outside Burlington’s Capitol Theater on Saturday, Aug. 8 for the Old Couch Music Festival.
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The superintendent of a western Illinois school district was acquitted Friday of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from a dispute over the compilation of student medical records.
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The National Weather Service office in the Quad Cities reported that all major observation sites in its service area hit a heat index of at least 110 degrees during the two-day extreme heat event on July 26 and 27.
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The Knox County board this week gave the go-ahead to starting an on-demand service. The Galesburg city council approved it in mid-July.
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A new book highlights 15 sermons by civil rights leader The Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, who grew up in Macomb.
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