Galesburg In Focus

For $1 a month, a girl in Kenya can stay in school instead of missing a week every month. That's the first obstacle Dr. Sophia Omoro's Blooming Lily Foundation removes for the 25 girls it works with each year. Omoro, an ear, nose and throat surgeon with Graham Health System, and Holly Crotty, director of the Graham Hospital Foundation, joined Chris Postin on Galesburg In Focus to preview two fashi...

One customer mailed a check for a few hundred dollars to pay a credit card bill. Thieves stole it, washed it and cashed it for several thousand. Brenda Rupert, vice president of retail banking for Tompkins State Bank, and Mindy Lehman, teller supervisor at the bank's Galesburg branch, talked with Chris Postin about the scams they see most and how to protect yourself, on Galesburg In Focus, which a...

Domestic violence isn't only physical. It can be a partner who holds onto someone's phone, controls the bank account, or checks their location with every move. Dylana Larson, assistant director of Safe Harbor Family Crisis Center in Galesburg, joined Chris Postin on Galesburg In Focus on Saturday, Oct. 24, for Domestic Violence Awareness Month to talk about the warning signs, a new Illinois law ta...

After 28 years in the John Deere foundry in Waterloo, Iowa, Nick Fox retired and bought a tow truck. Today the owner of Fox Towing in Abingdon runs four trucks and works the shoulder of the interstate, where a passing semi once missed him by two inches. Fox joined Chris Postin on Galesburg In Focus, which aired Saturday, Oct. 17, on WGIL, to talk about what drivers should do after a breakdown or c...

Patients at Solvera Health's Galesburg clinic, 256 S. Soangetaha Road, can now get a ride to their appointment, a ride back home and their medications delivered, just by asking when they call. On Galesburg In Focus, airing Saturday, Oct. 17, at 8 a.m. on WGIL, Chief Operating Officer Robin Henry tells Chris Postin who the service is meant for: "If somebody is battling with do I pay for rent or do...

You don't need a family history to develop breast cancer, says Jody Henry, lead multimodality imaging tech at OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg and Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth. "You may not have had the family history, but you may be the first." Henry talked with Chris Postin on Galesburg In Focus for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, in an interview that aired on WGIL Sa...

Fifteen years ago, Beth Looney lost her husband to suicide. Today, she works as a behavioral health navigator for OSF Healthcare, helping connect people across the region to mental health care — and she says the most powerful tool anyone has isn't a medical degree, it's a willingness to ask the hard question and listen. Looney joined Galesburg In Focus host Chris Postin for Suicide Prevention Mont...

Rinsing raw chicken under the tap feels like the responsible thing to do. It's also one of the most common food safety mistakes people make, according to the Knox County Health Department — the running water just splashes bacteria across the sink and nearby counters instead of washing it away. Will Hayes, assistant public health administrator, and Sarah Willett, environmental health supervisor, jo...

"I would much rather be uncomfortable and have my brother still here today," Corey Harvey said. The Knox College men's basketball coach lost his brother to suicide three years ago, and he joined Sully Sullivan, a member of the Out of the Darkness West Central Illinois walk committee, on Galesburg In Focus with Chris Postin to talk about the conversations that could have made a difference. The inte...

Some of the veterans going up Friday morning at the Galesburg airport haven't flown in half a century, and a few of them need help just getting to the plane. They'll ride in the open front cockpit of a World War II-era Boeing Stearman biplane for about 10 minutes over the city. "It's like they revert back 50 years," says Stacey Cremeens, CEO of LTC Support Services. The Hometown Heroes Dream Fligh...

Sgt. 1st Class Kyle B. Wehrly of Galesburg was killed by a roadside bomb in Ashraf, Iraq, on Nov. 3, 2005, at the age of 28. On Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, several hundred people gathered on the west side of the Galesburg Public Square in 94-degree heat to dedicate the stretch of U.S. Route 150 running through his hometown as the SFC Kyle Wehrly Memorial Highway. This is the complete audio of that cere...

Discovery Depot Children's Museum's purse auction wasn't born out of glamour — it was born out of survival. Executive Director Denise Gerstenberger launched Purses to Inspire in 2020 to keep the museum funded through a stretch of low pandemic attendance, and the event returns for a 7th year Thursday, Sept. 3, at Discovery Depot Children's Museum. Doors open at 4 p.m., and online bidding — already...

About 40% of women have dense breast tissue, which can make it harder to spot abnormalities on a standard mammogram. Blaine Clark, director of medical imaging operations at OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth and St. Luke in Kewanee, joined Chris Postin on Galesburg In Focus to explain a new supplemental screening option now available locally...

Medical care can start as low as $10 a visit at the Knox Community Health Center, no matter whether a patient has insurance. Reina Reyes, the center's chief operations officer, and Staci Simpson, its director of operations, joined Galesburg In Focus host Chris Postin on Saturday, Aug. 1, to preview National Health Center Week, running Aug. 3-9, and to explain how the center's sliding fee scale wor...

You can get sunburned in the shade. You can get sunburned on a cloudy day. And if you commute to work, your car is quietly frying the left side of your face every day, whether you notice or not. Dermatology nurse practitioner Courtney Garland Bibo joins Chris Postin on Galesburg In Focus for UV Awareness Month with the real math on sunscreen application, the myth she wishes would die about vitamin...

Twenty years ago, a handful of city employees who loved cars started a cruise downtown. When they moved on, a small car club with no membership fee and a "come to two meetings, you're in" policy picked it up rather than let it die. Now the New Limited Rods of Western Illinois run River 2 River — 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 18, in downtown Galesburg — with about a dozen volunteers, and hand out more...

The Knox County Fair turns 175 this year — and it's going out with a bang. Literally. Knox County Fair Board members Josh Smith, Ted Inness, Mallory Tolley, and Darcy Thorpe joined Galesburg In Focus on July 4 to preview the 175th Knox County Fair, opening Monday, July 6, in Knoxville. Topics covered in this interview include: The fair's history since 1839 — the Galesburg rivalry, the Kentucky Der...

Tompkins State Bank President C.L. Cummings joins Galesburg In Focus host Chris Postin for a wide-ranging conversation on community banking — what it means, why it matters, and how a bank founded in Avon in 1884 has grown to serve four communities across the region. Topics covered in this interview: What makes a community bank different from a large national institution — and why that difference m...

OSF HealthCare Managing Medical Director Dr. Josh Carpenter joins Galesburg In Focus host Chris Postin for a Men's Health Month conversation on the health risks facing men, why they avoid preventative care, and what they can do to change that. Topics include: Why men delay care even when they recognize warning signs Heart disease — the number one killer of men in the United States Cancer screening...

Lauren Deppee, marketing manager and speech therapist, and Sarah Meyers, executive director and owner, from Way to Grow Pediatric Therapy joined Chris Postin on Galesburg In Focus on Saturday, June 6. Way to Grow, based in Peoria, has expanded its services to the Galesburg area, operating out of Ascent Church. The practice serves children birth to age 18 and their families across central and west...

The Railtown Rumble is rolling into Lincoln Park in Galesburg tomorrow, Sunday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. — and if history is any guide, the prime parking spots will be filling up by 7. Greg "Chops" Bacon, Rod Run coordinator, and Donnie Rosenberry, treasurer of the New Limited Rods of Western Illinois, joined Chris Postin on Galesburg In Focus on Saturday, June 6, 2026, to talk about the show...

A new specialty clinic is now open in Galesburg for patients dealing with wounds that won't heal — and the director says the most important thing patients can do is not wait. Audra Baker, director of OSF Wound Care at OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg and OSF Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth, joined Chris Postin on Galesburg In Focus on Saturday, May 30. Listen to the full...

Chris Rennau has spent more than 20 years in agricultural and commercial lending — working for one of the largest ag lenders in the world, managing multi-state portfolios, and financing operations across dozens of states and several countries. Then he chose Galesburg. Rennau, Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Officer for Tompkins State Bank, joined Chris Postin on Galesburg In Focus on Satur...

Knox College's all-time leading scorer Bria Medina joined WGIL's Jay Redfern on Galesburg In Focus to talk about her journey from Galesburg to the University of Iowa women's basketball program and the Big Ten — what the Des Moines Register called one of the most unlikely stories in college sports. Topics covered in this episode: The moment Iowa assistant Randi Henderson texted her — and what Medin...

OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center has expanded its emergency department — and the managing medical director who helped make it happen joined Galesburg In Focus to explain what it means for patients in Galesburg and the surrounding region. Dr. Nathaniel Baker joined Galesburg In Focus host Chris Postin on Saturday, May 16, 2026. Listen to the full interview above. Topics covered in this interv...