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2021 Parolees Recap: Who was paroled in Henderson County?

By Galesburg Reporter | Dec 31, 2022

There were five offenders released on parole during 2021 that live in Henderson County, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Galesburg Reporter.

Galesburg Reporter area weekly mass times

By Galesburg Reporter | Dec 31, 2022

The following parishes in the Galesburg Reporter coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 Board of Education met Dec. 13

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 30, 2022

ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 Board of Education met Tuesday, Dec. 13

Abingdon-Avon Community Unit No. 276 Board of Education met Nov. 9

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 30, 2022

Abingdon-Avon Community Unit No. 276 Board of Education met Wednesday, Nov. 9

ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 Board of Education met Dec. 13

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 29, 2022

ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 Board of Education met Tuesday, Dec. 13

Williamsfield Community Unit School District Board of Education met Dec. 12

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 28, 2022

Williamsfield Community Unit School District Board of Education met Monday, Dec. 12

Galesburg Community Unit School District 205 Board of Education met Oct. 25

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 28, 2022

Galesburg Community Unit School District 205 Board of Education met Tuesday, Oct. 25

Knoxville Community Unit School District #202 Board of Education met December 21

By Corazon L. Gonzales | Dec 27, 2022

Knoxville Community Unit School District #202 Board of Education met 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 21.

City of Knoxville City Council met Nov. 21

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 27, 2022

City of Knoxville City Council met Monday, Nov. 21

United Community Unit School District 304 Board of Education met Nov. 10

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 27, 2022

United Community Unit School District 304 Board of Education met Thursday, Nov. 10

Galesburg Community Unit School District 205 Board of Education met Nov. 14

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 26, 2022

Galesburg Community Unit School District 205 Board of Education met Monday, Nov. 14

City of Knoxville City Council met Dec. 19

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Dec 26, 2022

City of Knoxville City Council met Monday, Dec. 19

Knox County home sales during week ending Dec. 24, 2022

By Galesburg Reporter | Dec 25, 2022

There were five reported residential sales in Knox County in the week ending Dec. 24, 2022, according to BlockShopper.com.

Community Coffee 9 a.m. on December 27

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022

Community Coffee 9 a.m. on December 27 at

Holiday Schedules for City Services

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022

City Hall will close at Noon on Thursday, December 22 due to inclement weather.

VILLAGE OF YATES CITY BOARD MEETING ON JANUARY 18

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022

VILLAGE OF YATES CITY BOARD MEETING ON JANUARY 18 AT 6:00 P.M.

Monmouth barber became successful entrepreneur

By Press release submission | Dec 25, 2022

If the internet had existed in 1890, Oscar Zimmerman likely would have started the first shave club for men. Born in 1855 in Chicago to a Prussian-born liquor merchant, the talented tonsorial artist had come to Monmouth as a young man, where he apprenticed under Morris Scheibel, a German barber who operated a shop under Union Hall on South Main and later on Market Alley.