Galesburg News

Monarch caterpillars in two Knox County classrooms have some intergalactic siblings this month and teachers and students are taking full advantage of the chance to structure their lesson plans around a NASA mission.

GALESBURG – Although Illinois has a moratorium on executions, prosecutors statewide still seek the death penalty – at a high cost to taxpayers.

Residents could experience relief from train horns as soon as July 2012 if Galesburg's proposed quiet zone plan gets off the ground in the next few months.

GALESBURG, Ill. -- The Galesburg City Council has designated today as "No Complaint Day." Mayor Sal Garza said a resident brought the idea to him.

Did you know that every one of the American colonies profited from the slave trade? Did you know there were special breeding camps in some states where 12- and 13-year-old girls were impregnated to produce future slaves? Did you know the story of quilt squares identifying “safe houses” for fleeing slaves is a myth? Did you know the ...

Those who are traveling this Thanksgiving should not find the roads full of orange construction barrels.

A western Illinois college is racking up Fulbright Scholar grants. The Chronicle of Higher Education recently released its list of national leaders in Fulbrights.

An assault at the Henry Hill Correctional Center is resulting in a lockdown at the Illinois Department of Corrections facility.

Wheaton College's abolitionist origins are a matter of historical record. No one doubts that the school's founders were adamant in their opposition to slavery; the written record of the time bears it out.

Four Lakeland College wrestlers placed at the Knox Invite on Saturday in Galesburg, Ill.

A Knox County judge has granted a motion to appoint a special prosecutor to handle the case of a county official accused of theft.

The Knox County recorder has been arrested and accused of stealing funds from the Knox County Democratic Party.

Works by some of history's most celebrated women artists are featured in this compelling new exhibition.

Nicholas Sheley, 30, of Sterling, IL is accused of a two-state killing spree in June 2008 that left 8 people dead.

Could you give Nicholas Sheley a fair trial? Maybe that's not a fair question. After all, you read this newspaper, which treats the eight-time murder defendant as the local celebrity he is – not the famous kind, the infamous.

Knox County Health Department will hold several H1N1 vaccination clinics this Saturday, November 7th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon throughout the County.

Nicholas Sheley, 30, of Sterling; charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of aggravated vehicular kidnapping, armed robbery, robbery, and possession of a stolen motor vehicle in the death of Ronald Randall, 65, of Galesburg, who was killed in late June 2008.

Steve and Kay Beuttel of Heyworth, Ill., are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary.

GALESBURG – As Nicholas T. Sheley lay in wait to ambush correctional officers in the Knox County Jail last spring, he had two goals in mind – to hurt someone and to “wreak havoc,” Judge Stephen Mathers said Friday.

An accused spree killer was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for attacking Knox County jailers last April while being held on murder charges.