Basketball The Monmouth-Roseville Titan girls basketball team broke a 4-game losing streak on Wednesday night with a win over Abingdon-Avon and were looking to start a new multi-game streak last night with a trip to Augusta to play perennial power Camp Point Central/Southeastern. The Titans ran their new streak to two wins in a row…
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From the Lisa Sims, News from State Senator Chuck Weaver Non-citizens ‘accidentally’ registered to vote According to media reports, more than 500 people who are not citizens and are not legally eligible to vote in elections, were registered to vote through the state’s Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) system, which was signed into law in 2017.…
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Aaron Frey, PR Specialist, 309.341.5301 afrey@sandburg.edu GALESBURG — The Carl Sandburg College men’s basketball team used a tiebreaking run midway through the second half to defeat Black Hawk 75-66 on Thursday night at John M. Lewis Gymnasium for its third straight Arrowhead Conference victory. Sandburg (17-6, 3-2) led 49-37 four minutes into the second half…
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Aaron Frey, PR Specialist, 309.341.5301 afrey@sandburg.edu GALESBURG — The Carl Sandburg College women’s basketball team moved into a tie atop the Arrowhead Conference after holding off a furious Black Hawk rally for an 80-74 victory Thursday night at John M. Lewis Gymnasium. The Chargers (10-12, 3-1) won their third straight game to pull into a…
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ILLINOIS STATE POLICE WARN THE PUBLIC OF “SPOOFING” CALL SCAM Scammers Are Using Local Area State Police District Telephone Numbers to Scam Victims Springfield, IL – Illinois State Police (ISP) officials have received multiple calls from the public concerning suspected scam calls. Various ISP districts throughout the state have received reports from citizens stating they…
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Springfield, IL- Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Agents arrested an East Moline Police Officer, Kirk DeGreve, 47 years of age, on Thursday, Jan. 23, at approximately 11:05 a.m. on two felony counts of criminal sexual assault and two felony counts of possession of child pornography. In August 2019, then East Moline…
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A popular discussion series at Monmouth College is turning 40. When it holds the first of its eight spring semester sessions on Jan. 29, the Great Decisions program will mark four decades on campus. Since 1981, Great Decisions has operated at Monmouth as a forum where the public and the academic community can meet in…
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Raymond E. Defenbaugh, 73, of Biggsville, IL, passed away at 8:20 a.m., Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at the Great River Medical Center, West Burlington, IA . Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, February 2, 2020 at the West Central High School Gym (1514 US 34, Biggsville, IL 61418). Interment will be in Beulah…
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Donna K. Brush, age 74, of Knoxville, Illinois, died at 12:29 P.M. on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born on July 20, 1945 in Banner, Illinois, the daughter of Ernest Paul and Alice Marie (Fairburn) Hallam. She…
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News from Monmouth College: Duane Bonifer 309-457-2321, dbonifer@monmouthcollege.edu Looking ahead to the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses, a Monmouth College political science expert says voters will have four simple words on their minds: “Who can beat Trump?” “Voters might prefer one (Democratic) candidate over the other on the issues, but many of the people I’m talking…
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