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Friday, May 18, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published May 18, 2018 at 3:59 AM CDT

Today's headlines:

  • the Dixon High School shooting suspect has been moved from hospital to jail,
  • one expert worries about the impact of expanded sports gambling,
  • and Rock Island County hires a new administrator.

It should be sunny today with a high near 78, and east winds at 10-15 mph.
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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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