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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An advocate for public education said Illinois voters have twice supported advisory referenda for such a tax. -
The plan calls for 26 assisted living suites on the second floor. -
The chief deputy of the McDonough County sheriff’s office will retire on Nov. 15, less than two months after his weapon discharged during a cookout in a preschool parking lot. -
The mural was unveiled during a brief ceremony in the Thomas C. Carper Amtrak Station. -
The book comes at a time when the Trump administration has detained and deported hundreds of thousands of people it says are in the country illegally. -
Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to decide city and school elections. -
The city of Macomb is preparing to hire a firm to help market the community. -
The pantry at 133 W. Jackson St. in downtown Macomb has already been busy in recent months. -
The facility would be built on the Macomb High School campus. -
In a release, Sheriff Nick Petitgout said the state Appellate Prosecutors Office investigated the case and made the final call.
