Get Your Vehicle Prepared for Winter Driving

With the anticipated colder temperatures ahead, now is the time to prepare those vehicles for winter driving, reminds Warren County Sheriff Martin Edwards: “Now is a very good time to check your car over, make sure your antifreeze protections are at the right level, make sure the tires are up, and make sure you have […]

Sounds of Christmas This Saturday at Monmouth’s First United Methodist Church

This Saturday, December 14th at the First United Methodist Church in Monmouth will be the Sounds of Christmas beginning at 6:30 pm. Pastor Shelly Forrest and Member Joy Boostrom have the details: “Our wonderful Choir Director, Kaitlyn McCullough, who came to us from Monmouth College, and she is also the Choir Director at Orion High […]

2024 Lucia Nights in Historic Bishop Hill

Historic Bishop Hill IL invites you to join our 2024 Lucia Nights (Festival of Lights) celebration on FridayDecember 13 and Saturday December 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. This Swedish tradition is based on a legend of Saint Lucia, Queen of Light. During a famine in Sweden, on the longest and darkest night of the […]

United Elementary Students Celebrating the Christmas Season with Concerts This Friday

United Elementary schools are celebrating the holiday season with their Christmas concerts on Friday. United North Elementary Principal Maggie Wallace explains: “We do have our elementary Christmas concert coming up. With our reorganization, we now have both elementary buildings pre-k through 3rd. Our elementary Christmas concert is K through 3rd and it is Friday, December […]

Mary Lou Dilworth

Mary Lou Dilworth, 71, of Galesburg, died at 12:08 p.m. Monday, December 9, 2024, in the emergency room of OSF St. Mary Medical Center surrounded by her family and loved ones. She was born July 4, 1953, in Carbondale, Illinois, the daughter of Arvin S. Dilworth and Mary L. Clinton Dilworth. She is survived by […]

City of Macomb Lights & Sights Bus Tour

The City of Macomb is excited to announce the first Lights & Sights Holiday Bus Tour. In an effort to spread holiday cheer to all Macomb residents, the City is partnering with Go-West and the Public Transportation Department to offer a free holiday bus ride through the residential Tour of Lights displays. This festive inaugural […]