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Hometown Heroes voting | week of January 19

Hometown Heroes nominees for this week: Havana Lady Ducks girls basketball team Galva Wildcats boys basketball team West Prairie Cyclones boys basketball team With your vote, you help your favorite nominee possibly win this week’s award and then advance for a chance to win $1,000 for their high school’s athletic department, which will be given away at the end of…

Previous Weekly Winners

Galesburg Girls Basketball Team Wins Hometown Heroes of the Week!

January 15, 2026

ROWVA-Williamsfield Wrestling Team Wins Hometown Heroes of the Week!

January 8, 2026

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Knoxville Football Team Wins $1,000: Fall 2025 Hometown Heroes of the Season!

November 17, 2025

Galesburg Girls Swimming and Diving Team Wins Hometown Heroes of the Week!

November 13, 2025

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Highlights

Blake Shelton performs in concert during the 2017 CMA Music Festival on June 9^ 2017 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville^ Tennessee.

Blake Shelton earns 31st No. 1 on country airplay chart with ‘Stay Country or Die Tryin’”

Jason Aldean performs onstage at NBC's 'Today Show' at Rockefeller Plaza July 31^ 2015 in New York City.

Jason Aldean to release new album ‘Songs About Us’

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

Parker McCollum extends tour with summer dates in 2026

Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line performs at the 2nd Annual Academy of Country Music (ACM) Party For A Cause Festival - "Outnumber Hunger Live!" at The LINQ in Las Vegas^ Nevada. LAS VEGAS-APR 4

See Tyler Hubbard and Nate Smith in video for ‘After Midnight’

Trace Adkins performs in concert at the Paramount on June 20^ 2019 in Huntington New York.

Trace Adkins announces 30th Anniversary Tour

Jelly Roll performs at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium supporting on Post Malone's The BIG A$$ World Tour London^ UK - September 20^ 2025

Jelly Roll surprised during Joe Rogan podcast with invite to join Grand Ole Opry

Eric Church performs onstage at the Runaway Country Music Fest at Osceola Heritage Park on March 20^ 2016 in Kissimmee^ Florida.

Eric Church to release live IMAX concert film in theaters February 2026

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

Riley Green to embark on headlining ‘Cowboy As It Gets Tour’ for 2026

JUSTIN MOORE, PRISCILLA BLOCK at the Knox County Fair

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Concert Connection

BULLS, BANDS, AND BARRELS in Peoria

DWIGHT YOAKAM, ZZ TOP in Peoria

JUSTIN MOORE, PRISCILLA BLOCK at the Knox County Fair

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JASON ALDEAN in Peoria

RASCAL FLATTS in Chicago

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TYLER CHILDERS in St. Louis

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN at The Great Jones County Fair

DREW BALDRIDGE at the Henderson County Fair

TRISHA YEARWOOD in Bloomington

BRAD PAISLEY at the Mississippi Valley Fair

BAILEY ZIMMERMAN in Moline

CODY JOHNSON in Rosemont

JESSIE MURPH at the Mississippi Valley Fair

BRAD PAISLEY at the Mississippi Valley Fair

SUZY BOGGUSS in Galesburg

KEITH URBAN at the Mississippi Valley Fair

RASCAL FLATTS in St. Louis

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HARDY in St. Louis

CRAIG MORGAN and NEAL MCCOY at the Mississippi Valley Fair

TUCKER WETMORE at the Mississippi Valley Fair

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COLTER WALL in Peoria

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HARDY in Moline

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LUKE COMBS in Ames, IA

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ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION in Davenport

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MORGAN WALLEN in Chicago

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DREW BALDRIDGE at the Henderson County Fair

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Country Music News

Trisha Yearwood on stage for NBC Today Show Concert Series with Trisha Yearwood^ Rockefeller Center^ New York^ NY^ September 02^ 2005

Trisha Yearwood to release ‘The Mirror (Deluxe)’ EP, announces acoustic tour

January 20, 2026 4:40 am|

Post Malone performs at Bonnaroo music festival Manchester^ Tennessee USA - 06-15-2024

Post Malone, Riley Green, and Kenny Chesney to headline 13th annual Tortuga Music Festival in 2026

January 20, 2026 4:40 am|

Luke Combs Performs at Bonnaroo Music festival Manchester^ Tennessee USA - 06-12-2025

Luke Combs to release new album ‘The Way I Am’ this March

January 19, 2026 4:30 am|

Miranda Lambert performs at Nissan Stadium during the 2017 CMA Festival on June 8^ 2017 in Nashville^ Tennessee.

Miranda Lambert, Charley Crockett, and Jon Pardi to headline 2026 Music City Rodeo in Nashville

January 19, 2026 4:30 am|

Sarah Michelle Gellar attends the I Know What You Did Last Summer LA Premiere Los Angeles^ CA USA - July 14^ 2025

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jelly Roll and Chrissy Teigen set as judges for ‘Star Search’ reboot on Netflix

January 16, 2026 4:20 am|

Jason Aldean previews upcoming ‘Songs About Us’ LP with three new tracks

January 15, 2026 4:40 am|

Concert of Luke Combs 7 oktober 2023. AFAS Live Amsterdam^ The Netherlands

Stream Luke Combs latest track ‘Giving Her Away’

January 15, 2026 4:40 am|

Randy Houser performs during Luke Bryan's 'Kick The Dust Up' Tour at Vanderbilt Stadium on July 11^ 2015 in Nashville^ Tennessee.

Randy Houser shares the single ‘Back In The Bottle’

January 14, 2026 4:40 am|

Recent Stories

Concert of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit. 12 November 2024. TivoliVredenburg Utrecht The Netherlands

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit gearing up for 2026 North American tour

Brandi Carlile performs at the 2022 Sound on Sound Music Festival Bridgeport^ Connecticut - September 25^ 2022 Singer songwriter

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Megan Moroney performs in Hollywood^ Florida on November 14^ 2024.

Megan Moroney shares video revealing tracklist for ‘Cloud 9’ LP

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

Lainey Wilson, Zach Top, Brooks & Dunn, and Gavin Adcock to headline 2026 ‘Country Thunder Arizona’

WGIL News

Amber Jordan and Ok Hyon (Kim) Curtis^ co-owners of Koreana Restaurant in Galesburg^ holding Taste of Galesburg awards.

Koreana Restaurant: A ‘happy closing’ as mom retires after American dream

January 20, 2026|

Traffic moves east and west through the South Street underpass in Downtown Galesburg.

Galesburg council to consider South Street underpass planning grant tonight

January 20, 2026|

USGS location map of the 3.8 magnitude earthquake near Ohlman^ Illinois^ early Tuesday^ January 20^ 2026.

3.8 magnitude quake rattles central Illinois early Tuesday

January 20, 2026|

Interior view of Judy's Kitchen in downtown Galesburg^ highlighting the seating area beneath the mural that will be converted into a new open kitchen for breakfast production.

Judy’s Kitchen seeks TIF incentive for open breakfast kitchen in downtown Galesburg

January 20, 2026|

Warren County property transfers for Jan. 12-16, 2026: See a list of home and other sales

January 20, 2026|

Evan Massey: Grinnell brings the ‘circus’ back to Galesburg

January 20, 2026|

Galesburg health care pioneer Donald E. Fike, ‘Godfather’ of developmentally disabled, dies at 78

January 19, 2026|

Knox College will host its Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation on January 19^ 2026^ with speaker Melvin L. Rogers.

Knox College announces Martin Luther King Jr. Day Convocation and events

January 19, 2026|

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