Rich Egger

Democratic Congressman Eric Sorensen said he will make a $772,700 Community Project Funding request on behalf of Western Illinois University.

A traveling exhibit about the Holocaust is designed to take people back to the 1930s and 1940s and make them think about how they might have responded to the stories coming out of Nazi Germany.

A McDonough County jury found a man guilty of shooting two Macomb police officers two years ago.

Three employee groups at Western Illinois University have new contracts. The agreements are with the Fraternal Order of Police, heating plant/mechanical maintenance workers, and landscape maintenance workers.

Macomb will move ahead with its plan to apply for a state grant to help pay for the Chandler Park renovations.

A project called Undertow Creative is working to open five artist studios in the Peterson Building, a mixed-use commercial and residential property a few doors down from the Art Center of Burlington.

As Macomb looks to secure state funds for a major renovation of Chandler Park, the city also plans to seek funding for improvements across the street from the park.

McDonough District Hospital in Macomb has finalized the severance agreement with former President and CEO Bill Murdock.

A ribbon cutting capped off the celebration for the completion of William H. Thorpe Memorial Park in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of East Pierce Street. The event was held on Friday, Sept. 4, which would have been Thorpe's 93rd birthday.

An annual music festival in Macomb gets underway on Wednesday, Sept. 16 with the debut of a brand-new performance space.