Jane Carlson
Regional ReporterJane Carlson is TSPR's regional reporter.
She grew up on a farm at the edge of the woods along the banks of Pope Creek in west central Illinois and has a degree in English from Monmouth College. Her family always played NPR for the sows in the farrowing house.
Her work has appeared in print and on air across the state and has won awards from the Illinois Press Association, Illinois News Broadcasters Association, Best of Gannett, Public Media Journalists Association, and Radio Television Digital News Association.
In 2024, Jane won the Best Reporter award for small market radio in the Illinois News Broadcasters Association's Crystal Mic competition.
She also serves as faculty advisor for Knox College's award-winning student newspaper, The Knox Student.
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A Granite City man was sentenced to natural life in prison without the possibility of parole in the April 29, 2022 death of Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Weist. -
After hearing a presentation from Prairie Hills Resource Conservation & Development, the board could take action to join the land bank in September. -
The county plans to finance the $466,559 purchase because it was not budgeted for. -
Galesburg Community News is a non-profit, digital news source that launched this month. -
While no formal cleanup or demolition plans have been submitted to the city at this time, the current owners of a large, unused, and dilapidated portion of Galesburg’s Sandburg Mall have taken some initial steps to address the future of the property. -
Illinois State Police Special Agents collected electronic evidence at a residence in the 400 block of North Academy Street on Thursday. The evidence was analyzed and revealed child sexual abuse materials. -
A federal judge has ordered Galesburg District 205 to pay more than $248,000 in attorney fees and other costs to the parents of a child with disabilities after siding with them in a civil rights lawsuit over the child’s educational placement. Superintendent John Asplund said the district may appeal the order.
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The city funding will cover about half the estimated cost of the Y's capital project. -
Bradley Hix, a local real estate agent, was first elected to the seat in 2019 and won a second term in 2023. -
The sculpture was commissioned in 2003 and installed in the Story Book Garden on the east side of the old Galesburg Public Library. Now it can be seen outside the new library.
