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.

Dr. Brian Curtis, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for OSF HealthCare, said last year’s surge in respiratory illness was due to a combination of influenza, COVID, and RSV. This year, it’s primarily the flu.

Federal data found that millions of people struggled to get enough food in 2024. The report will be the final publication of such data after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it will scrap the annual hunger survey.

Under the state’s Pretrial Fairness Act, probable cause alone is not enough to hold someone in jail before trial.

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.

TSPR was one of four public radio stations selected in 2025 as hubs for One Small Step, an effort to bring communities together by hosting civil conversations between people with different political views.

The county's school districts, Spoon River College, and other partners are still discussing the project.

Mayor Peter Schwartzman is accepting applications through Jan. 15 to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Evan Miller. The term runs through May 2027