Macomb School District

There will be some new faces on the Macomb City Council and the Macomb Board of Education.

The district will add a storm shelter to MacArthur Early Childhood Center.

Macomb school bus driver Terra Litchfield said on average, one car a day blows through the stop sign. On one recent day, there were three right in a row.

Governor JB Pritzker visited with staff and students at MacArthur Early Childhood Center.

The school district is taking security measures designed to make it more difficult for an armed intruder to enter its buildings.

The district plans to hold an open house in July, and classes in the new building will begin in August.

The conversations are in their early stages and have included several potential partners.

Molly Selders teaches English at Macomb High School.

There is now just one entryway at Keokuk High School. In Macomb, several security upgrades have been made and work continues on more.

Denise Cremer is the current school resource officer (SRO) in Macomb This fall she will be joined by a second SRO.