Galesburg News

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Another Nine Shift prediction you will see soon: the revival of smaller cities - - provided they are on a passenger train line.

Central Bancshares Inc. of Muscatine, corporate parent of Freedom Security Bank in Coralville and Kalona, has completed its purchase of branches of Associated Bank in Galesburg, Ill., through its F&M Bank subsidiary in the western Illinois community.

There was a time when every child in Chicago learned those words. They are the opening lines of Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago." The house where he wrote them still stands at 4646 North Hermitage Avenue.

Legislation honoring former U S Agriculture Secretary John Block, who is from Knox County, sponsored by Peoria State Senator Darin LaHood and State Representative Don Moffitt of Galesburg passed the Illinois Senate Tuesday.

Due to increased enrollment at Galesburg Christian School, the Parent's Association at GCS has purchased the former United Methodist Church at 756 Hawkinson Avenue in Galesburg.

A police official rides a bicycle alongside demonstrators during rally against Canadian pipeline in downtown Chicago, Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Soldiers from a Galesburg-based unit of the Illinois Army National Guard celebrated Mother's Day with gifts from their families who were half a world away.

The event is 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday from Galesburg, Ill., on Route 150 to Route 6 in Moline, Ill.

GALESBURG, Ill. - A mother and daughter from Galesburg will both graduate from Carl Sandburg College this week.

GALESBURG, Ill. -- Galesburg police have made an arrest following a May 1, attempted home invasion and residential burglary in the 200 block of N. Academy.

GALESBURG, Ill. - Grade books containing records for Carl Sandburg and Ronald Reagan are now in the possession of the Galesburg Public Library.