Galesburg

Perfection is nearly impossible to achieve, but when it comes to patient safety, 32 Illinois hospitals received the highest grade you can get.

It's really hard to believe this once popular Galesburg, Illinois mall has only been closed for 6 years based on how much nature has reclaimed that space. Thanks to some urban explorers, you can see what little remains inside of time machine to what shopping in the 1980's was like.

There is an unusual warning about 4 Illinois places of higher learning being considered as a bad deal for students and among the worst in America - allegedly.

I remember when this Illinois town was one of the better ones in the state. Unfortunately, you won't find many trying to make that case anymore as it's now ranked among the top 10 places in America that were destroyed by outsourcing jobs.

It's not in Chicago, and it's not Deep Dish...So what is so great about this pizza from this small town in central Illinois?

One of the Amtrak trains that serves the Tri-State area, The Southwest Chief, was involved in a derailment today west of Ft. Dodge, Kansas shortly after midnight central time.

Amtrak travelers between Chicago and Quincy will now be allowed to take small cats and dogs with them for $25 in the first test in the nation of what could become a system wide pets-on-board Amtrak policy. The Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg trains will be the first Amtrak testing grounds for the service.

President Barack Obama will be speaking tomorrow in Galesburg, Illinois and then Warrensburg, Missouri.  His first stop will be at Knox College in Galesburg with his second stop at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg.

I was reading my Sunday edition of the Quincy Herald Whig when I came across an insert for National Train Day which is Saturday, May 11. The insert was apparently provided and paid for by the Henry County, Illinois Tourism Bureau, The City of Kewanee, Illinois, and the Kewanee Chamber of Commerce and Illinois Mile after Magnificent Mile.