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Boone County residents among latest COVID-19 fatalities
By Jim Hagerty
Reporter
CHICAGO - Three Boone County residents are among the state's latest COVID-19 fatalities, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Tuesday.
Officials say the Boone County deaths include a man in his…
Mayor Tom McNamara announces COVID-19 working groups, calls for slow reopening
By Jim Hagerty
Reporter
ROCKFORD - Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara on Monday announced that he is assembling working groups to help him wade through the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
McNamara said the 10 groups of local experts…
Rockford man charged with gun offense
By Jim Hagerty
Reporter
ROCKFORD - A Rockford man is in the Winnebago County Jail, charged with a weapons offense after an incident at a west-side gas station Sunday night.
At around at 8:30 p.m., police responded to a shots-fired…
Rockford youths charged with vehicle theft
By Jim Hagerty
Reporter
ROCKFORD - Two Rockford juveniles have been charged with vehicle theft and other offenses after police investigated a report of suspicious activity over the weekend.
At approximately 12:30 p.m., Saturday,…
Canada mourns rampage victims as death toll hits 18
By Rob Gillies
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — Police fanned out across more than a dozen crime scenes Monday after a rampage by a gunman disguised as a police officer left at least 18 dead and homes in smoldering ruins in rural…
Georgia ready to reopen some businesses this week
By Jeff Amy
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor announced plans Monday to restart the state's economy before the end of the week, saying many businesses that closed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus could reopen…
Illinois reports 59 COVID-19-related fatalities; testing at nursing homes increases
By Jim Hagerty
Reporter
ROCKFORD - There have been 59 COVID-19-related deaths in Illinois in the last 24 hours, state officials said Monday.
Among the fatalities is a Boone County man in his 70s.
Cook County, again, reported the…
16 killed in deadliest shooting rampage in Canadian history
By Rob Gillies
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — A gunman disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires in a rampage across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that killed 16 people, the deadliest such attack in…
Police kill gunman who hijacked Dallas bus
By The Associated Press
ROWLETT, Texas (AP) — A man opened fire on a Dallas-area public bus on Sunday, hijacking it with two people aboard and leading officers on a chase that ended in a shootout in which the man was killed and three…
Illinois reports 30 COVID-related deaths; Cook County still outbreak’s epicenter
By Jim Hagerty
Reporter
CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Public Health, on Sunday, announced 1,197 new cases of coronavirus disease, including 33 additional deaths.
Nineteen of the latest fatalities occurred in Cook County, which…
Official: Virus dangerous for meatpackers
By Stephen Groves
Associated Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Kulule Amosa's husband earns $17.70 an hour at a South Dakota pork plant doing a job so physically demanding it can only be performed in 30-minute increments. After each shift…
Rockford woman jailed after standoff with police
By Jim Hagerty
Reporter
ROCKFORD - A Rockford woman is behind bars, jailed on gun and other offenses after a standoff with police Saturday on the city's west side.
Police say the incident unfolded at around 3:30 p.m., when Rockford…
Conservatives label US shutdowns anti-constitutional
By Nicholas K. Geranios
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — In deeply conservative eastern Washington state, a prominent state lawmaker kicked out of his Republican Party caucus labels the coronavirus as a foreign bio-weapon, accuses…
RMTD reduces service after 4 more bus drivers test positive for COVID-19
By Jim Hagerty
Reporter
ROCKFORD - The Rockford Mass Transit District is reducing its daily service after four more drivers test positive for COVID-19.
Beginning Monday April 20, RMTD's weekday schedule will mirror its current Sunday…