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Evening News for Wednesday, January 24, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published January 24, 2018 at 5:58 PM CST

tonight's headlines:

  • Mississippi River mayors meet with the president,
  • will the new tax bill mean lower utility rates,
  • and Toys R Us announces store closings but not for the QC.

Partly cloudy tonight with a low around 26. Sunny on Thursday, high 48. 
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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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