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Macomb School District reports death of student
By Jaycie Doerr, WC Editor-in-Chief
MACOMB, Illinois (Western Courier) - Macomb Police and McDonough County Sheriff's Department notified the Macomb community about a vehicle incident...
The Big Board: how a small town is becoming a giant board game
By Luis Verastigue, Guest WC Reporter
MACOMB (WC) – The world’s largest Monopoly board is coming to Macomb’s Downtown Square, in honor and celebration of...
Most classes in Tillman Hall to be moved into Currens, Waggoner halls
By JAYCIE DOERRÂ News3 Executive Producer & WC Editor-in-Chief
MACOMB, Illinois (News3 & WC) - As Tillman Hall closes at Western Illinois University, meteorology, geographic information...
Students question university’s response to shooting
By JAYCIE DOERR, News3 Executive Producer & WC Editor-in-Chief
MACOMB, Illinois (News3 & WC) - On March 25, a shooting in Macomb killed one and...
Macomb shooting results in one dead, 10 injured, suspect arrested
By Jaycie Doerr, Editor-in-Chief
MACOMB, IL (WC) - One person is dead and 10 more were injured, including six Western Illinois University students, in a...
WC | Sports
NFL Free Agency Frenzy
By Nick Grunewald, WC Reporter
NFL free agency opened less than a month ago, but in that short period of time plenty of deals were...
NFL Tag Deadline Updates
By Nick Grunewald, WC Reporter
MACOMB, IL (WC) - The franchise tag deadline has come and gone. It presented one last opportunity for teams to...
Derek Carr Heads to the Bayou
By Nick Grunewald, WC Reporter
LAS VEGAS, NV (WC) -Former Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has agreed to a 4yr/$150M deal with the New...
LeBron, Lakers Can’t Catch a Break
By Nick Grunewald, WC Reporter
LOS ANGLES, CA (WC) - After months of constant drama and distractions, things finally started clicking for LeBron James and...
Blockbuster Deadline Deal Sends KD to the Valley
By: Nick Grunewald
The Phoenix Suns have agreed to a blockbuster deal acquiring Kevin Durant and T.J. Warren from the Brooklyn Nets in a four-team...
WC | Opinions
Communicating on campus: How WIU bureaucracy fails
By Jaycie Doerr, WC Editor-in-Chief
MACOMB, IL (WC) - Western Illinois University uses an emergency alert system to communicate with students during crisis situations. This...
Pentagon Pays for Service Member’s Access to Abortions
By Jaycie Doerr, Editor-in-Chief
In light of the atrocious news of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many different states have reacted differently to the...
Abortion Bans: A Constitutional Issue
By Jaycie Doerr, WC Opinions Editor
No one thought after Row v. Wade in the 1970s that the right to women’s healthcare would be questioned....