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Hometown Heroes voting | week of October 13

Hometown Heroes nominees for this week: North Fulton Wildcats volleyball team Stark County Lady Rebels girls cross country team Princeville Princes boys cross country team With your vote, you help your favorite team possibly win this week’s award and then advance for a chance at winning $1,000 for their high school’s athletic department, which will be given away at the…

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Weekly scoring becomes official after noon on Wednesdays. week #5: MICHAEL MUELLER of Galesburg week #4: RANDY WISCONS of Galesburg week #3: COLBY RICE of

Highlights

Lainey Wilson attends the premiere of the movie Twisters. Westwood^ CA USA - July 11^ 2024

Lainey Wilson set to host the 59th annual Country Music Association Awards

Thomas Rhett performs at the iHeartRadio Album Release Party with Thomas Rhett on September 28^ 2015 at the iHeartRadio Theater in New York City.

Thomas Rhett scores 24th No 1 with ‘After All The Bars Are Closed’

Keith Urban performs at the 2015 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. New Orleans^ LA - April 24^ 2015

Keith Urban previews live album with the performance video for ‘Straight Line’

Brad Paisley performs in concert at Northwell Health at Jones Beach on August 30^ 2019 in Wantagh^ New York.

Brad Paisley, Emmylou Harris among the 2025 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees

Regional Office of Education #33 for Henderson^ Knox^ Mercer^ and Warren County partnered with Nutrien Ag Solutions to host the 39th Annual Ken Russell Outdoor Education Day on Thursday^ Sept. 18^ 2025^ at Lake Storey in Galesburg.

PHOTOS: 39th Annual Ken Russell Outdoor Education Day

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Country Music News

Luke Combs performs at the 2018 CMA Fest at Nissan Stadium on June 9^ 2018 in Nashville^ Tennessee.

Luke Combs drops 3-song EP ‘The Prequel’ ahead of upcoming album

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Maren Morris at the Critics Choice Awards 2025. SANTA MONICA^ USA. February 07^ 2025

Maren Morris’ installment of Amazon Music’s ‘Songline’ series features reimagined songs

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Las Vegas^ NV^ USA - September 21^ 2019: Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band performs at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival.

See Zac Brown Band’s video for ‘Butterfly’ ft. Dolly Parton

October 10, 2025 4:40 am|

Kane Brown performs during the "We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert" at the Great Lawn in Central Park on August 21^ 2021 in New York City. NEW YORK^ NY - AUGUST 21

Kane Brown shares video for ‘2 Pair’

October 10, 2025 4:30 am|

Priscilla Block performs in concert on April 5^ 2024 in Fort Lauderdale^ Florida^ as part of the Tortuga Music Festival.

Priscilla Block to launch headlining ‘Monster Energy Outbreak: Things You Didn’t See’ tour

October 9, 2025 4:40 am|

Jordan Davis performs at CMT's RAMJAM on June 3^ 2019 at TopGolf in Nashville^ Tennessee. NASHVILLE^ TN - JUN 3:

Jordan Davis, Dustin Lynch, and more added as ‘guest mentors’ on new CBS competition series ‘The Road’

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Brandi Johnson^ Cody Johnson at the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7^ 2019 in Las Vegas^ NV

Cody Johnson cancels all 2025 tour dates due to emergency surgery for ruptured ear drum

October 8, 2025 4:40 am|

Scotty McCreery at the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7^ 2019 in Las Vegas^ NV

Scotty McCreery shares video for ‘Bottle Rockets’ ft. Hootie & The Blowfish

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Recent Stories

Bailey Zimmerman at the 2022 American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theatre.LOS ANGELES^ CA. November 20^ 2022

Bailey Zimmerman drops the song ‘Chevy Silverado’

Luke Bryan performs in concert at the XFINITY Theatre on September 13^ 2014 in Hartford^ Connecticut.

Luke Bryan earns 32nd #1 single with “Country Song Came On”

Parker McCollum performs in Hollywood^ Florida on November 14^ 2024. The performance was part of Audacy’s Stars and Strings benefit concert.

Parker McCollum to hold special New Year’s Eve concert in Texas

Sir Elton John headlines the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival New Orleans^ LA - May 2^ 2015

Elton John, Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood appear on the soundtrack ‘SpinalTap II: The End Continues’

Community Events

WGIL News

Galesburg's already vibrant coffee scene will gain a new option with the opening of the 7 Brew Coffee drive-thru at 1922 N. Henderson St. on Oct. 27^ 2025.

Sip into something new: 7 Brew Coffee hits Galesburg this month

October 13, 2025|

The United High School girls golf team finished sixth at the Illinois High School Association Class 1A State Tournament^ which wrapped up Saturday at Red Tail Run Golf Course in Decatur.

United girls golf team secures second straight sixth at state

October 12, 2025|

Lily Furrow’s record-breaking swim powers Silver Streaks to 12-team title

October 12, 2025|

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Galesburg announces temporary road, railroad crossing closures for infrastructure work

October 10, 2025|

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Fatal single-vehicle crash claims life on Warren County road

October 10, 2025|

GHS Athletic Figures

Evan Massey: 1970 – Chuck Bednar retires as GHS AD: Controversy follows

October 10, 2025|

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Knox County property transfers for Oct. 2-8, 2025. See a list of home and other sales

October 10, 2025|

Simmons Street—pictured here at the intersection of Kellogg Street—and Parking Lot H will fully re-open to traffic by the end of the day on Friday^ Oct 10. (JAY REDFERN/WGIL)

Long-awaited Simmons Street and Lot H reopening set for Friday

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Weekly scoring becomes official after noon on Wednesdays. week #5: MICHAEL MUELLER of Galesburg week #4: RANDY WISCONS of Galesburg week #3: COLBY RICE of

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Daily Concert Ticket Winners for HOME FREE and THE LONGEST JOHNS in Peoria

Country 94.9 congratulates our daily ticket winners for Home Free and The Longest Johns: Saturday 9/27: LISA STRONG of Galesburg Friday 9/26: LARRY LEGG of Galesburg

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