Monmouth News

A Monmouth man whose gay pride flag was set on fire several weeks ago is learning what it means to turn something negative into a positive.

Since word got out that DuWayne Brooks' rainbow flag was set on fire, he said he's received hundreds of messages and calls of support from friends and even people he doesn't know.

C. Everett Nelson, 96, of Galesburg, died at 2:15 p.m., Thursday, April 19, after a brief illness.

Mrs. Barth was a homemaker, Zion Lutheran Church Ladies Aid and past president as well as part owner/operator of Barth's Lake alongside her husband.

Monmouth, Illinois police say a gay Vietnam veteran was the victim of a hate crime early Tuesday morning.