Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on Earth, erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years. Its eruptions tend to be shorter-lived than those of the other Big Island volcanoes, and its lava is more liquid and flows faster
Knox County will have a new Sheriff next month in Jack Harlan. The Republican came out ahead of his Democratic opponent James Robertson in Tuesday's General Election. Harlan received about 58 percent of the county vote, or won by about 3,000 votes. Harlan is a retired U.S. Army First Sergeant, and current detective and K9 handler with Knox County. Harlan started as a Knox County deputy in 2016 but also was the East Galesburg Police Chief. He will succeed Democrat David Clague who decided not to seek another term after 15 years. Harlan is set to take his oath of office next month. In other Sheriff races Republican Nicholas Petitgout was elected to another term in McDonough County, Steven Sloan won another term in Stark County and Jon Webb won as a Republican in Fulton County.
It is election day across the country and voters will go to the polls for races on the national, state, and local levels. Democratic Governor JB Pritzker is running for re-election against Republican State Senator Darren Bailey and Libertarian candidate Scott Schluter. Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul is running for re-election against Republican attorney Thomas Devore while Democratic Treasurer Mike Frerichs hopes to beat Republican Representative Tom Demmer and be re-elected and Comptroller Susana Mendoza hopes to win re-election against Republican Shannon Teresi. After today, Illinois will have its first new Secretary of State in 24 years. Jesse White is not seeking another and voters will have to choose between Republican Representative Dan Brady, Democratic mayor Rockford Alexi Giannoulias – a former Treasurer in Illinois, or Libertatiran Jon Stewart. Additionally, voters in Illinois will decide if a proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution would guarantee workers
The Illinois Supreme Court on Monday combined lawsuits filed by more than half of Illinois state's attorneys, including Knox County's, challenging the legality of the SAFE-T Act. The sweeping criminal justice reform package is set to take effect on Jan. 1 of 2023. Knox County State's Attorney Jeremy Karlin says the court consolidated the state's attorneys' cases and ordered the suit in Kankakee County to serve as the lead case. Motions for summary judgment must be filed no later than next week. Karlin promises that his office will continue to monitor this litigation as well as ongoing negotiations with legislators. He promises that no matter the result of the litigation or negotiations the SA office and all law enforcement in Knox County are prepared for the January 1st effective date of the SAFE-T Act. Karlin filed suit in October, along with Knox County Sheriff David Clague. The Democrat says while he doesn't believe a "person's freedom should
The Knox County Board recently passed and ordinance legalizing the use of atv type vehicles on some county roads. Knox County Sheriff David Clague joined Tom Meredith and Tyler Gumm on "Galesburg's Morning News" to talk about the issue. http://www.wgil.galesburg.info/audio/11-02-22-Dave.mp3