White Sox Ball Park Experience Ranked Cheapest In Baseball

The Chicago White Sox are the cheapest ticket in Major League Baseball.  That according to a new survey from Bookies.com.  The website priced out the total cost to see a game this upcoming season and for four tickets, parking, two beers, two sodas, and four hot dogs, the grand total is under 120 dollars.  On […]

Estate Tax Legislation Under Consideration in Statehouse

A bill working its’ way through the state house would change the way Illinois enforces the estate tax for farmers. Currently estates over $4 million are taxed but a proposal by State Senator Dave Kohler and others would raise the exemption to $6 million. That total, however, only applies the value of land. Kohler says […]

Closing Monmouth Kunes Auto Group to be Served by Neighboring Locations

DELAVAN, Wis., March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Kunes Auto & RV Group, a large, family-owned auto dealership, today announced Kunes Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM of Monmouth will consolidate with a neighboring Kunes store to bring efficiencies to the business. Customers from the Monmouth location will still have access to service and parts through any of Kunes’ other […]

Illinois State Police Lead Human Trafficking Enforcement Operation

The Illinois State Police (ISP) arrested one individual during an anti-human trafficking operation in the Bloomington area. On March 20, 2024, the ISP Division of Criminal Investigation Trafficking Enforcement Bureau conducted an operation focused on identifying individuals who compel others into the commercial sex industry through force fraud and coercion, while also offering resources to victims […]

Illinois Advances in First Round

The Illinois basketball team won its first game in the NCAA tournament. They are advancing to the second round after beating Morehead State. Guard Marcus Domask had just the 10th triple double in NCAA tournament history and the Illinois bench outscored Morehead’s 37-3. Head Coach Brad Underwood says they will need that and more to […]

Illinois State Police Seeks Public’s Assistance in a Death Investigation of a Galesburg woman

Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 is requesting the public’s assistance in the investigation surrounding the death of 23-year-old Destiny Dixon of Galesburg, IL.   On January 1, 2024, at approximately 7:30 p.m., ISP responded to a fatal hit-and-run traffic crash on Interstate 55 northbound near Braceville, in Grundy County. A vehicle […]

Spots Filling Up for Summer Day Camp at the Y

Limited spots are available for Summer Day Camp at the Warren County YMCA for kindergarten through 6th grade students. Membership and Youth Development Director Emily Brooks shares camp will be housed in a new building: “We purchased the First Choice Response building. We bought that building and we are turning it into the Camp Meskwaki […]

Phase 2 of West Harlem Water Main Replacement to Begin This Year

While phase one of the water main replacement on West Harlem Avenue is complete, the hope is for phase two, which will replace the water main from G Street to the bypass around Monmouth, to begin later this year with road reconstruction to happen next year, explains Mayor Rod Davies: “We hope it gets released […]