Scott Coker

The past year has been challenging for many communities as they dealt with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their budgets. But Macomb City…

Macomb gets 60% - 70% of its water from Spring Lake. The rest comes from a deep well. But the city administration is planning for some changes.City…

Scott Coker grew up in Macomb. After college, he worked at NTN Bower and Western Illinois University before becoming the city's public works director a…

The Macomb School District plans to build a middle school just south of the high school, so the city will make improvements to one of the streets leading…

The city plans to improve Candy Lane between Jackson and Grant Streets. It hosted a public informational meeting Monday evening, November 20, to get…

Western Illinois University's Center for Performing Arts might have to do without some amenities as the school aims to reduce the cost of the project. The…

The state received just one bid to build a Center for Performing Arts at Western Illinois University. Scott Coker, Director of Facilities Management at…

Drivers coming from the north on Route 67 will clearly know when they’re entering Macomb and Western Illinois University.The university’s new grand…

Crews are clearing the northwest corner of Route 67 and University Drive in Macomb in preparation for what’s being called a “grand entrance monument” for…

Western Illinois University hopes to soon improve the look of a main entryway to the Macomb campus.Currently, plenty of parking lots can be seen by those…