Firefighter charged with stealing charity funds
February 1, 2025A Roxana firefighter has been charged with stealing funds from a charity event. Jacob Sanders, 27, of Roxana has been charged with two counts of theft, a Class 3 felony, for allegedly…
A Roxana firefighter has been charged with stealing funds from a charity event. Jacob Sanders, 27, of Roxana has been charged with two counts of theft, a Class 3 felony, for allegedly…
Buckbee Street in Rockford will be closed between Fourth and Fifth streets beginning Monday. The Four Rivers Sanitation Authority will be closing Buckbee for sanitary sewer repairs….
A Chicago man has been charged in connection with the murder of two teens in the Loop. Tommie Coleman, 22, a resident of the 800 block of East 101st Street, is charged with two counts…
Parishes with Asian members across the Archdiocese of Chicago are holding events this week in honor of the Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year is a 15-day festival that is celebrated…
A 17-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a December robbery in Chicago. The teen was charged with aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm and armed robbery. Members of…
Chicago police are seeking the public’s input in identifying the offender in a December battery in the West Loop, Police said in the Dec. 15 incident, the offender approached…
Four Rockford teens face weapons charges for two unrelated incidents. Shortly before 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, Rockford officers conducted a traffic stop at North Main and Jonathan. Police…
The clemency petition for Melissa Calusinski is now in the hands of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, for a determination, with no timeline regarding its disposition. The Illinois Prisoner Review…
Three teens were shot Sunday afternoon in a residence on Chicago’s South Side. The shootings occurred shortly before 12:15 p.m. Sunday in a residence of the 13100 block of South…
A 12-year-old died from injuries sustained in a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the abdomen on Chicago’s South Side. Police said the girl was inside an apartment on the 7100 block…
SPRINGFIELD — Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday, bolstering coffers with new taxes…
Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one of the museums, the work to rebury those remains…
This week in ag, the fallout continues from RFK’s “Make America Healthy Again” report that recommends sweeping changes to how farmers produce food. We’ve also got info on big…
The Illinois State Fair will offer a little something for everyone this year. Fans of the fair and its food gathered at the state fairgrounds in April to celebrate the countdown of…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office is projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his February budget…
Electric customers around Illinois will see significantly higher prices on their bills next month. The average residential customer of northern Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison will…
Mid-May rains across north-central Illinois did little to alleviate dry conditions in many locations, though some benefitted from up to 5 inches of precipitation. This week we will…