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Terry Cooper of Kewanee has announced he is an independent candidate for Henry County Sheriff in the November election. He will face current Henry County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jim Padilla, of Kewanee, who is the Republican candidate for the office, and Annawan Police Chief Tim Wise, the Democratic candidate.
A federal grand jury two weeks ago returned an indictment that charges four Henry County men with conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess methamphetamine.
A Princeville man wearing only his underwear was arrested Friday morning after jumping on vehicles near the Lake Calhoun Golf Course, according to police.
Bob Daum rarely sleeps. Catnaps are the norm. “I sleep two or three hours a day, and that’s it,” he said Thursday. It’s one of the traumas of being a gunshot victim.
Ameren Illinois has issued a warning that con artists are attempting to defraud customers and may be attempting to steal identities.
The Galva News has been advised of two scams which are being attempted against area residents.
The Galva Fire Department was called to a fire in a machine shed May 5 about 3:40 p.m. The shed was located on 300N east of 2350E.
The Bishop Hill Fire Department responded to a house fire at 3:23 a.m. Friday at 2080 1570E, where a vacant house was totally engulfed in flames.
Facing 12 years in prison, David Pierce, 47, of Galva filed a motion last week to withdraw his guilty plea to methamphetamine-related felonies filed last October after his arrest in Galva.
A single-car accident north of Galva sent two minors to a Peoria Hospital at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Erika Becerril, 16, Kewanee, was northbound on the Galva-Atkinson blacktop when her 2003 Pontiac left the road just south of the Page Street extension and rolled over several times.
Galva Police were called to Galva Junior-Senior High School twice in the past two weeks, for various incidents.
Authorities need your help in solving two thefts in Henry County, including one in Galva.
A Texas woman was injured when her car rolled over west of Galva at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16.
A Galesburg man and woman were arrested Saturday night after they attempted to set up a methamphetamine lab in the West Truro Cemetery at 1797 Truro Turn Road south of Victoria.
A South Carolina man was injured after a head-on auto accident north of the intersection of Route 34 and the Bishop Hill Road on Wednesday, Dec. 9, during white-out conditions.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is alerting Illinoisans to a nationwide H1N1 phishing e-mail scam. The fraudulent e-mails (phishing) claim to be from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and reference a CDC sponsored State Vaccination Program.
An 83-year-old Queen City, Mo. woman was killed and two others were injured when a 1976 Cessna single-engine plane crashed just after taking off from the Kewanee Municipal Airport on Monday night.
Co-defendants in a Galva meth lab case pleaded guilty in Henry County Circuit Court on Thursday. John Bengston, 49, and Tammy Hagerty, 33, pleaded guilty to Class X felony aggravated unlawful participation in a meth lab with a child present and four counts of Class 3 felony meth-related child endangerment. The charges allege the crimes occurred on or about June 24.
The driver of a car in which a Galesburg man was found dead Friday afternoon in Galesburg said he was just trying to do a nice thing by offering a ride.