Fighting Scots Baseball Wins Opening Series

The Monmouth College baseball team was unable to secure the three-game sweep against Illinois College with a 16-9 road loss on Sunday. The Scots (9-6, 2-1) won the series with Saturday’s sweep and will next face Grinnell for three. The Scots fell behind as Illinois College plated three runs in the first, including a 2-run […]

Monmouth City Council Look to Add Second Airport Terminal

At the recent Monmouth City Council meeting, three separate engineering agreements were discussed, with one being about the construction of an airport terminal at the Monmouth Municipal Airport, shares Mayor Rod Davies: “One of them was with Hanson Engineering to help us design and construct and get a document ready to go out to bid […]

Will Interest Rates Come Down in 2024?

Over the past few years, the financial world has seen some ups and downs. In 2022, there was a pullback in the economy with high inflation. 2023 was a recovery of that with higher interest rates, lowering the inflation, which has been the theme for the start of 2024, but local Edward Jones Financial Advisor […]

Over 440-Thousand Starbucks Mugs Recalled

Nestle´ is recalling over 440-thousand Starbucks mugs.  According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the mugs can overheat and break, causing burns and other injuries.  The recall is for metallic mugs that were sold as a part of 2023 holiday Starbucks branded gift sets at Walmart, Target and military retail outlets.  The mugs were […]

And Now You Know More: Thinking Baseball

By Thomas Best Those who know me well may be asking: “Where are the podcasts about baseball?”  After all, as I write this in early March, spring training is upon us and opening day is not that far away.  Well, rest assured, I am reading about baseball, watching some spring baseball, and—oh yes—I am thinking […]

Man Charged with Three Counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office with the assistance of the Galesburg Police Department, received information of a possible child sexual assault that occurred in the Knox County area. A thorough investigation was completed by both agencies that revealed a suspect and multiple potential victims. Potential victims were located all throughout the state. The suspect was […]

Marriages In US Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels

Marriage rates in the U.S. are back to pre-pandemic levels.  New government data shows there were just over two-million-marriages in the U.S. in 2022, roughly six-point-two marriages per one-thousand people.  That’s the highest level since 2018.  Marriage rates dropped when COVID hit, and in 2020 there were only one-point-six-million marriages nationwide.  While numbers seemed to […]

Pedestrian Struck by Train

On March 21, 2024 at approximately 9:56 PM, Deputies from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and Officers from the Galesburg Police Department responded to a call of a pedestrian that was struck by a moving train in the Galesburg area near the city limits. The pedestrian was located by responding agencies and was immediately evaluated. […]