Brad Beekman is a retired Illinois State Police master sergeant. He's campaigning for the seat held by Democratic State Sen. Mike Halpin.

A federal judge has ordered Galesburg District 205 to pay more than $248,000 in attorney fees and other costs to the parents of a child with disabilities after siding with them in a civil rights lawsuit over the child’s educational placement. Superintendent John Asplund said the district may appeal the order.

Blake Severs served as the Macomb Park District’s superintendent of support services for the past three years.

City Administrator Scott Coker said they will be addressing the plan's details such as the design of the new performance space.

State's Attorney Matt Kwacala said the charges cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

The city funding will cover about half the estimated cost of the Y's capital project.

Bradley Hix, a local real estate agent, was first elected to the seat in 2019 and won a second term in 2023.

The Grand Theatre opened in 1925, a time when Calvin Coolidge was president, The Great Gatsby was published, and the Charleston was all the rage on dance floors.

As Macomb city government leaders continue studying the idea of building an indoor sports complex, some say it’s time to hear more from the public.

The sculpture was commissioned in 2003 and installed in the Story Book Garden on the east side of the old Galesburg Public Library. Now it can be seen outside the new library.