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With National Manufacturing Month coming to a close, the Galesburg Area Vocational Center will hold a Trade and Manufacturing Expo Thursday. Hundreds of students of District 205 and many surrounding school districts are expected to flood GAVC's parking lot at 940 West Fremont St. for the expo where area employers will give students insight into the opportunities that are available to them. The expo will also showcase the offerings that are available at the GAVC. "We know kids are all about the hands-on activities and the interactive stuff, so we've encouraged our industry partners to have that stuff," GAVC Director Adam Seany told WGIL earlier in the month. "Sandburg is going to have their mobile welding lab out there. [John] Deere typically brings theirs." In a video to the district last Friday, Seany said that over 900 students from Galesburg and surrounding school districts had signed up to attend the expo. He said he hoped by Thursday's expo that
The National Negro Opera House in Homewood will be getting a major facelift. Officials on Tuesday held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site on Apple Street to mark the beginning of a multimillion dollar restoration project at the historic landmark. Jonnet Solomon, director of the Steel City Arts Initiative, said
The excessive heatwave seen this week forced Galesburg School District 205 to release students from Galesburg High School and Churchill Junior High an hour earlier on Wednesday. Plans have been made to do the same Thursday and Friday. Temperatures this week are well above normal, reaching into the low 90s midweek. Churchill has never had air conditioning to help keep temperatures comfortable for students and staff. GHS, however, has been going through a renovation in which air conditioning was to be installed. Unfortunately, those units are not operational yet. On Monday, the school board learned that the units had to be inspected by the manufacturers before they could be turned on and that wasn't scheduled until next week. Lee Marbach with Russell Construction told the board that the construction crews would try and keep the high school cool during the day the best they could. "There are certain areas that do have cooling. Area J, or the media center, still has cooling and t