Pedestrian killed on Rockford bridge
January 21, 2025In recent Rockford police incidents: A man died after a vehicle hit him on the Auburn Street Bridge. At 7:45 p.m. Friday, Rockford police responded to a vehicle-vs-pedestrian traffic…
In recent Rockford police incidents: A man died after a vehicle hit him on the Auburn Street Bridge. At 7:45 p.m. Friday, Rockford police responded to a vehicle-vs-pedestrian traffic…
A Rockford man and a teenager have been charged with being in possession of a machine gun. Michael Hendricks, 33, and the teen were charged after Rockford officers, shortly before 9:45…
A Chicago man has been charged in connection with a murder on the city’s South Side. Marcus Womack Jr., 33, a resident of the 6500 block of South Evans Avenue, has been charged…
A Chicago man has been charged in connection with defrauding an elderly man on the city’s Northwest Side. Kenny Miller, 37, a resident of the 3400 block of North Greeview Avenue,…
Two Chicago Archdiocesan priests have each been accused of sexually abusing a child more than 30 years ago. Rev. Henry Kricek, a retired priest who has been living and serving at St….
An 18-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with another teen’s death on the city’s Southwest Side. Trevon Smith, 18, a resident of the 3100 block of West…
A 16-year-old East St. Louis boy has been charged with possession of a machine gun. The juvenile was charged in a Delinquency Petition with possession of the gun. The charge alleges…
An Alton man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for the decapitation murder of a pregnant woman. Deundrea Holloway, 25, was sentenced today in Madison County Circuit Court after…
Kohl’s has announced that it will close two “underperforming” suburban stores by April. The company’s stores on Route 59 in Plainfield and at Spring Hill Mall in West…
Peter Blair has done it all at Marriott Theatre. The theater’s executive producer started at the Lincolnshire venue in 2005 as a production assistant. “I mopped the floors….
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…