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 won awards from the Illinois Press Association, Illinois News Broadcasters Association, Best of Gannett, Public Media Journalists Association, and Radio Television Digital News Association.
She also serves as faculty advisor for Knox College's award-winning student newspaper, The Knox Student.
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Bridgette A. Mixon, 60, appeared in Knox County court Monday. -
One person was killed and five others were injured in two separate traffic crashes in Warren County this week. -
TSPR has launched its first photo contest and is inviting residents across west central Illinois, southeast Iowa, and northeast Missouri to submit images for a 2027 wall calendar. -
The vice president of educational and student services at Spoon River College will soon serve as interim president of the community college. -
The board on Wednesday approved $54,320 in design work with Klinger & Associates as well as $16,500 for a drainage study at 50 E. Main St. -
The move comes two months after the juvenile detention center in Galesburg closed — and two years since the ACLU of Illinois filed the lawsuit alleging youth were routinely subjected to prolonged solitary confinement and denied adequate mental health care. -
The General Assembly has approved House Bill 4420, which extends provisions of the College Campus Press Act beyond student journalists at state-sponsored institutions to include professional journalists at public media outlets. -
Renowned poet and novelist Kaveh Akbar, whose debut novel Martyr! became a New York Times bestseller and was a finalist for the National Book Award, is the 2025-26 Metz Writer-in-Residence. -
The expansion was years in the making, and includes six new patient rooms, a triage room, and an updated waiting area. -
The proposed area includes properties along South Henderson Street between Third Street and Enterprise Avenue and some along Monmouth Boulevard between Henderson and the railroad tracks.
