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No officers charged in Breonna Taylor’s death
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 25, 2020 • No Comments
More than six months after her death, an indictment came in the case of the murder of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor. The case began on March 13th, when the house Taylor shared with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, was raided by police. The officers were carrying out a drug-related no-knock warrant. Due...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Emma Garcia, Assistant News Editor
September 25, 2020 • No Comments
At the age of 87, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington D.C. on Sept. 18, 2020. Her death received immediate public attention as memorials and vigils were held in places like Chicago, New York, Maine, San Francisco...
Board of Trustees September meeting
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 25, 2020 • No Comments
On Wednesday, the September Western Illinois University Board of Trustees meeting took place at 8:30 a.m. The Board met in person, while other guests and speakers partook in the meeting via Zoom. The meeting was also live streamed via YouTube. While 10 items of business were voted on, three of them...
Governor J.B. Pritzker promotes 2020 census in Macomb
Emma Garcia, Assistant News Editor
September 23, 2020 • No Comments
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker made a stop in Macomb this past Friday to give a brief speech urging residents of the county to fill out their 2020 census forms, and to encourage all friends and family to do the same. There is only one way for the state to get a complete and accurate count of all residents...
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 21, 2020 • No Comments
On Tuesday at around 10:30 p.m., life for Western Illinois University students changed in the blink of an eye. As Thompson students evacuated the building for what seemed like an accidental fire alarm, it soon became clear that this was an entirely different situation. While one or two fire trucks usually...
Courier Staff returns to the newsroom after quarantine
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 21, 2020 • No Comments
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Western Courier opened our newsroom doors and produced the first few issues of the year before disaster suddenly struck. t the end of what seemed like a normal publication day, multiple members of the staff including editors, proofreaders and writers all...
Brendan Reidy, Courier Staff
September 25, 2020 • No Comments
The Western Illinois Football schedule was released to the public yesterday afternoon, with the Missouri Valley conference announcing there will be an 8-game season starting the weekend of Feb. 19. Before I get...
- Predicting Barclays Premier League nine best teams September 23, 2020
- Predicting Big Ten football standings September 21, 2020
- NFL’s Top 10 Quarterbacks September 9, 2020
- Former SEC starting running back transfers to Western September 4, 2020
Savannah Osborne, Courier Staff
August 31, 2020 • No Comments
Spotify and Apple Music are the two most known names when it comes to streaming music. When looking at the numbers, Apple Music has an estimated 68 million active users and Spotify has 248 million active users. Each app has...
August 31, 2020
Aaliyah Haughton was born on Jan. 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of 12, she signed a contract with Jive Records and her uncle...