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Evening News for Friday, December 15, 2017

tonight's headlines:

  • from now on BettPlex will be called TBK Bank Sports Complex,
  • more low marks for Illinois' finances from another ratings agency,
  • and a decades-long study shows why some small towns thrive while others don't.

Cloudy tonight with a low near 27. Sunny on Saturday, high near 48.

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.