WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson wrote a letter to the Justice Department Office of Inspector General Tuesday regarding the revelation that the FBI did not preserve text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page for the time period between Dec. 14, 2016, and May 17, 2017.

GALESBURG, IL (01/24/2018)-- Bridget Barnhart of Geneseo, Illinois, has been named to the Knox College Dean's List of distinguished students for the 2017 Fall Term. To be named to the Dean's List, a student must have earned at least 2.5 credits in the term, with a grade point average of 3.6 or better (on a 4.0 scale). Barnhart is a graduate of Papillion-La Vista High School.

EAST PEORIA, IL (01/24/2018)-- Derek Henningsen, of DeWitt, IA, has accepted membership into Illinois Central College's Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society during the Fall 2017 semester. Student who accept membership have completed 12 credit hours of college coursework with a 3.5 GPA or higher.