Month: January 2026

Shirley A. Wellman, age 85, of Quincy, died on Friday, January 23, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. in Timber Point Healthcare Center in Camp Point, IL. Shirley was born on February…

Norman D. Dicks, of Quincy, Illinois, passed away peacefully at Blessing Hospital on January 24, 2026 — or as peacefully as Norm did anything. Norm was born on June 28,…

Police in Woodstock are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred at the Riverstock Apartments, resulting in the death of 18-year-old Matthew Milner, authorities confirmed. Officers responded to reports of gunfire…

David Abulafia was a distinguished and pioneering maritime historian whose research on medieval Mediterranean trade, in Sicily, the Balearic Islands and the Levant, led him to write acclaimed books such…

Officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are now investigating a new angle in the fatal Jan. 24 Minneapolis shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents —…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described the fatal federal agent-involved shooting in Minneapolis as a “tragedy,” while pushing back against criticism from local leaders and urging greater cooperation between…

What was meant to be a simple moment of happiness—a child’s birthday surrounded by family, friends, music, and laughter—ended in devastation in Stockton when gunfire erupted without warning. In a…

Phyllis A. Delvin Phyllis Ann Delvin, 64, of Kennewick, died Jan. 17 in Richland. She was born in Richland and was a lifelong Tri-Cities resident. She was retired from working…

Thomas J. Fogarty, MD, the pioneering American surgeon and inventor whose breakthroughs fundamentally transformed vascular and minimally invasive surgery, died on December 28, 2025, at age 91 in Portola Valley,…

The Angle family and their community are grieving the devastating loss of Elizabeth Marie Angle, a 16-year-old high school sophomore who died over the weekend following a snow sledding accident…