Lynette Lombard
On November 8, 2023, Lynette Lombard, 69, of Galesburg, IL and Glenford, NY, passed away peacefully with her beloved husband Tony Gant by her side, after a courageous 20 month battle with glioblastoma. Lynette was born in Newton, Massachusetts to the late June H. (Leshynska) and Peter A. Lombard, and grew up in the Boston […]
Monmouth-Roseville Titans Head Football Coach Jeremy Adolphson Recaps the 2023 Season
Coach Adolphson recaps the Titans 2023 Football Season, following a second-round appearance in the IHSA Class 3A playoffs, on the WRAM Monmouth McDonald’s Coach’s Corner.
Larry A. Ashley
Mr. Larry A. Ashley, 91, of Washington, formerly of Abingdon, died at 9:25 a.m., Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at Washington Senior Living in Washington, Illinois. He was born Sunday, January 10, 1932, in Beardstown, Illinois, the son of Edward and Pauline (Icenogle) Ashley. He married Della Mae Johnson on August 1, 1954, in Abingdon. She […]
Walker, Beach, Parks Named to MWC All-Conference Team
The Monmouth College women’s soccer team placed three players in the Midwest Conference teams on Friday and were also named the Team Sportsmanship Award winners. Senior Madison Walker (Vernon Hills, Illinois) was named to the first-team, the second All-Conference honor of her career. She was also a first team selection and Newcomer of the Year in 2021. […]
Veteran’s Day Honors All Those Who Have and Continue to Serve the United States of America
The Annual Veteran’s Day program at the Monmouth American Legion will begin at 10 am Saturday, November 11th with four selections of music by the Monmouth College Marching Band, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, an opening prayer, readings, Keynote Speaker Lance Zedric, and ending at 11 am with the Firing Squad. Commander of the […]
Grace Katherine Nickas
Grace Katherine Nickas passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, after a long and full life. She was 91. She was born August 8, 1932, in Galesburg, the daughter of George and Grace Jeannette (McCulloch) Nickas. Grace was raised and educated in Galesburg, graduating from Galesburg High School in 1950. She attended Knox College […]
Monmouth-Roseville Drama Club Members Preview Their Fall Production TWELVE ANGRY JURORS
Seniors Essence Brown (Juror Nine), Kyaw Htoo (Juror Two), Grace Huxtable (Juror Six), Mateo Murphy (Juror Five), and Lorelei Weidman (Foreperson); and Emerson Martin is the assistant director. The Monmouth-Roseville High School Drama Club will present its fall production, the drama Twelve Angry Jurors, on Friday, November 10, and Saturday, November 11, at 7:00pm, and Sunday, November […]
West Central Superintendent Stacey Day
Superintendent Day previews the agenda for the upcoming West Central Board of Education meeting, discusses the tax levee and maintenance grant, designations throughout the district, and more on the WRAM Morning Show.
United Superintendent Jeff Whitsitt
Superintendent Whitsitt highlights the recent United Board of Education meeting with their decisions on reorganizing their grade levels to allow more space in the elementary buildings, the tax levee, successes of meeting standards and designations, and more on the WRAM Morning Show.
Ronald Eugene Freeman, Jr.
Ronald Eugene Freeman, Jr., 55, of Galesburg, died on Monday, November 6, 2023 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg surrounded by his family. He was born May 15, 1968 in Sycamore, Illinois, the son of Ronald Eugene and Jane Ellen (Hopkins) Freeman, Sr. After graduating from high school, Ron joined the United States […]