Rich Egger
News DirectorRich has served as TSPR's News Director since July, 1998. The news department has earned walls full of reporting awards since then. Before coming to TSPR, Rich worked professionally in commercial radio news at WRMN-AM/WJKL-FM in Elgin and WJBC-AM in Bloomington. Rich has a B.A. in Communication Studies with an Emphasis on Radio, TV and Film from Northern Illinois University. In Rich's leisure time he spends way too much money on vinyl records. He also enjoys books, cross-country skiing, rooting for the Cubs and Blackhawks, and making various baked goods, including sugar frosted chocolate bombs. His future plans include getting some tacos, especially when Sandra's Authentic Mexican Truck is in town.
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There’s a new twist in the ongoing effort to build a career and technical education center in McDonough County. -
A federal court has dismissed a second lawsuit filed against McDonough County and its sheriff by a former deputy who was fired. -
The Mountaintop is described in a release as a “gripping reimagination” of King’s last night on Earth. -
The city hopes to receive STAR Bonds from the state to help pay for the project. -
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s renowned “I Have a Dream” speech still reverberates for Rev. Carolyn Blair, more than six decades after the civil rights leader delivered the speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. -
The Prairie Hills Land Bank Authority will seek a $1 million federal grant to clean up the former Haeger Pottery property in Macomb. -
The team at Macomb city hall will have a new member beginning Jan. 20. -
Cindy Owsley said she participated in 40 protests last year. This is already her second of 2026. -
One of the grants is for improving the Candy Lane corridor. The other is for construction of a multi-use path that would circle around the city. -
Public Works Director Alice Ohrtmann said the city is coming into the home stretch for the project.
