today's headlines:
- the president of WIU is a finalist for another job,
- high water on the Mississippi River slows the work on the new I-74 bridge,
- and new warnings about nitrates in Illinois drinking water.
Monday May 14, 2018
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.