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ROCKFORD (AP) – A 37-year-old northern Illinois woman has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from a school district’s Parent Teacher Organization she belonged to. On Thursday, the Rockford Register Star reported that the woman known both as Rebecca L. Kramper and Rebecca

OTTAWA – Defense attorneys rested their case in the trial of a former Ottawa fireman accused of drowning his wife in a toilet. An additional forensic pathologist was brought in Thursday morning to testify that there are inconsistencies to injuries found in the second autopsy of Cusick’s

OTTAWA – Defense attorneys in the trial of a man accused of drowning his wife have called a second forensic pathologist to the stand to testify. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is accused of drowning his wife Tracy in a toilet in 2016. In 2017 Dr. Shaku Teas was asked to make an extensive

CHICAGO (AP) – Legal experts are warning non-citizen immigrants to exercise caution before Illinois legalizes recreational marijuana in a few weeks.  Several groups, including the American Immigration Lawyers Association, say while it’ll be legal in Illinois in January, it’s

OTTAWA – Cross examination of a forensic pathologist concluded the day in the trial of a former Ottawa fireman accused of murder. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is accused of drowning his wife Tracy in a toilet in 2006.Dr. Christopher Milroy, who reviewed both of Tracy’s autopsy reports,

  EARLVILLE- A dog was rescued after finding himself in a pond Wednesday afternoon.   Hope Shannon had heard her dog Rizzo yelping, and discovered he had gotten himself trapped in a nearby pond.   The Earlville Fire Department was able to enter the water and rescue him in under 15 minutes.

OTTAWA – A Forensic Pathologist testified Wednesday for the defense in the Kenneth Cusick Murder Trial in Ottawa.  Dr. Christopher Milroy, who reviewed Cusick’s late wife’s toxicology and both previous autopsy reports, told jurors that caution must be taken when examining the

PRINCETON – Bureau County will decide on the sales tax on cannabis in the upcoming months. Taxing for both municipalities as well as unincorporated areas will need to be decided on before April 1st, 2020 in order to comply with the state’s deadline for adopting municipal tax ordinances.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Board of Education submitted its proposed rules Tuesday for how schools can restrain students who exhibit dangerous behavior, aiming to protect children and faculty from outbursts but banning the use of prone restraints except as a last resort and