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Evening News for Wednesday, January 17, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix

Published January 17, 2018 at 5:56 PM CST

tonight's headlines:

one of three people charged with a 2016 murder in Rock Island is going to prison for 40 years,
the University of Iowa is fighting a religious freedom versus anti-discrimination case in federal court,
and a second measles case is being investigated at O'Hare Airport in Chicago.

Mostly clear tonight with a low around 15, then sunny on Thursday, with a high near 33.

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Herb Trix

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.

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