Bradley Piros, Sports Editor
April 30, 2020
MACOMB, Ill. – Western Illinois University Interim President Martin Abraham sent out a ‘Notice to Campus Community’ email Thursday afternoon confirming that a student residing off campus has tested positive for COVID-19....
Bradley Piros, News Editor
April 14, 2020
MACOMB, Ill. – After confirming the first two cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the McDonough County Health Department has since reported one more case that sprung up over the weekend.
It was announced Monday night that a woman...
Christopher Bean, Sports editor
April 7, 2020
With the 2019-20 NBA season on pause due to the Corona Virus, there was big news on Sunday with the announcement of the 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees. The 9 inductees are surrounded by some of the g...
Devon Greene, Editor-in-Chief
April 6, 2020
The McDonough County District Hospital released their COVID-19 test results on Facebook this afternoon.
According to the post, there have been no positive tests in McDonough County so far with 37 negative results and 8 pendin...
April 6, 2020
Devon Greene, Editor-in-chief
April 1, 2020
The announcement came from Gov. J.B. Pritzker Tuesday afternoon, just two days after President Donald Trump extended federal guidelines for an additional 30 days on Sunday.
This extension will keep schools closed and non-essential busine...
Christopher Bean, Sports editor
April 1, 2020
While everyone is staying safe at home during these unprecedented times, NFL free agency has headlined the sports world over the last two weeks. Even though teams could not meet with any players in person because of COVID-19,...
Bradley Piros, Sports editor
April 1, 2020
MACOMB, Ill. – After departing with long-time Western Illinois University men’s basketball coach Billy Wright, it took a little over a month for the university to find a replacement. Announced on Monday (March 30), Rob Jeter...
March 19, 2020
March 12, 2020
John Bell, Courier Staff
March 6, 2020
MACOMB, Ill. — The Western Illinois Baseball Team (0-9) is headed down to Columbia, Miss. for a battle with the SEC Mizzou Tigers (6-5). The Leathernecks are off to a rough start under first year head coach Andy Pascoe, but l...
Devon Greene, editor-in-chief
March 6, 2020
The Western Illinois University Student Government Association approved an increase in student fees at Tuesday’s meeting.
The vote on the fee increase was set to take place two weeks ago but it was postponed due to incleme...
