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Thursday, February 8, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published February 8, 2018 at 4:01 AM CST

today's headlines:

  • a Davenport man is charged with Tuesday's fatal shooting in East Moline,
  • the Illinois Board of Higher Education makes a modest budget request for next year,
  • and a former vice president of Farmers National Bank pleads guilty to embezzlement.

Cloudy today with a 40% chance of snow, high 25. 
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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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