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Thursday, April 26, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published April 26, 2018 at 3:59 AM CDT

today's headlines:

  • the new list of endangered Ill. historic sites includes the RI County courthouse,
  • a strike may be avoided at Western Illinois University,
  • and the Quad Cities 43rd Honor Flight will travel to Washington DC today.

The forecast calls for a sunny sky with a high near 67. 
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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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