The city hopes to receive STAR Bonds from the state to help pay for the project.

The city council has approved an option to purchase nine-acre parcel on 12th Street and has given the go-ahead to establish a Tax Increment Financing district on the city’s east side.

In all, the planning study would cost $3.65 million, with 80% covered by the grant and the remainder split between the city and BNSF Railway. It would pay for conceptual design, environmental analysis, and gathering input from the public.

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 Etz Family Institute for Civic Leadership and Dialogue at Knox College will host a conversation with Cornel West and Robert P. George, two nationally known scholars whose friendship spans deep ideological divides.

This year's speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation at Knox College is Melvin L. Rogers, the Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brown University.

The Prairie Hills Land Bank Authority will seek a $1 million federal grant to clean up the former Haeger Pottery property in Macomb.

The residency connects Knox students and the Galesburg community with world-class jazz artists for a week of workshops and collaborative activities. It will culminate in a free concert at the Orpheum Theatre.

A Galesburg woman has pleaded not guilty to aggravated DUI, reckless homicide, and drug possession in a fatal crash late last year on Lake Storey Road.

The board could take action on the proposed changes in February or March.