Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 25, 2020
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 office...
Emma Garcia, Assistant News Editor
September 25, 2020
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 memor...
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 25, 2020
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 str...
September 23, 2020
Emma Garcia, Assistant News Editor
September 23, 2020
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 onl...
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 21, 2020
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 th...
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 21, 2020
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, mult...
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 9, 2020
The Black Student Association at Western Illinois University is fighting back after racist and derogatory remarks were made on the Facebook post of a student.
After a news story broke from WGEM.COM late last week entitled, “West...
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 4, 2020
MACOMB, Ill. – Western Illinois University Professor Victoria Baramidze has been named chair of the WIU Department of Mathematics and Philosophy, according to College of Arts and Sciences Dean Sue Martinelli-Fernandez.
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Emma Garcia, Courier Staff
September 4, 2020
Since the start of the semester amid the COVID-19 pandemic, various protocols and procedures have been put in place for students at Western Illinois University to follow. These regulations have increased from the start of the...
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 4, 2020
MACOMB, Ill. – In an effort to respect the restrictions of COVID-19 and unite the community through a popular, annual event, the Macomb Balloon Rally planning committee announces it will host a "drive-through" version of th...
Rachel Greene, Editor-in-chief
September 4, 2020
As college campuses settle into a semester like one they have never seen before, COVID-19 has begun to settle in as well.
While Western Illinois University has recently encountered a rise in cases, it is not the onl...
