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Michigan Teen Being Sextorted Killed Himself After a Worried Friend Called Police for Welfare Check

A 14-year-old boy from Rockford, Michigan, died by suicide in August after he was targeted in a sextortion scheme and believed he was in trouble with police.

Latin Times

A massive 62-foot guitar honoring Rick Nielsen is heading to Illinois – and it’s shaped like his iconic checkerboard Hamer

The Cheap Trick star's Hamer Standard will be recreated as a monster installation that will sit outside the Hard Rock Casino in Rockford

Guitar World

This mid-sized Midwestern town offers a perfect microcosm of municipal golf’s renaissance

“The golf courses are busier than I’ve seen them in decades."

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Missing Teen Found With 44-Year-Old Fiancé Sparks Legal Debate

“Penny lived with the man in his Rockford home starting on June 1, 2024, until yesterday.” The post Missing Teen Found With 44-Year-Old Fiancé Sparks Legal Debate first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Man is found fit to go on trial in attacks that killed 4 in Rockford, Illinois

A man has been found fit to stand trial on charges of killing four people and injuring seven others during a series of frenzied attacks in northern Illinois in March

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22-Year-Old Charged With First-Degree Murder In Illinois Stabbing Rampage

Tragic stabbing rampage in Rockford, Illinois leaves four dead. Community mourns as investigation unfolds.

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22-Year-Old Illinois Man Charged With Four Counts Of Murder

22-year-old Christian Soto charged with four murders in Rockford stabbing spree, leaving community in mourning.

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Suspect charged with murder after four killed in Illinois stabbing attack

Christian Soto, 22, in custody after rampage leaves girl, 15, woman, 63, and two men aged 49 and 22 dead

The Guardian - US

Postal Carrier Among Four Killed In Rockford Stabbing Rampage

Tragic stabbing rampage in Rockford, Illinois leaves four dead and seven injured, suspect in custody. Community in shock, authorities investigate.

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4 Dead, 5 Wounded In Northern Illinois Stabbing Spree

Tragic incident in Rockford, Illinois, involving multiple stabbings with fatalities and injuries. Community support and ongoing investigation.

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Man charged with murder after stabbing of Black teen worker at Illinois Walmart

Timothy Carter, 28, in custody over killing of Jason Jenkins, 18, in attack criminal complaint says appears to be racially motivated

The Guardian - US

Another plane of migrants arrives in Chicago area as Mayor Brandon Johnson continues call for federal help

A plane from Texas dropped 355 migrants off about 1 a.m. Sunday in Rockford, officials said. They were transported by bus to a Chicago landing zone.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks’ Wyatt Kaiser focusing on playing more efficient defense after brief AHL stint

The rookie defenseman, who has rejoined the Hawks after five games in Rockford, is also trying to get better at accepting small mistakes in order to maintain his confidence.

Chicago Sun-Times

Blackhawks prospects Nolan Allan, Ethan Del Mastro adjusting to AHL life together

The two Rockford rookie defensemen represent the second wave of the Hawks’ defensive rebuild. As partners on the ice as well as roommates off the ice, they’re giving each other plenty of feedback.

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Blackhawks notes: Lineup shuffling leads to AHL demotion for Cole Guttman

The Hawks changed all but one forward line and defensive pairing entering Saturday’s loss to the Golden Knights. With Philipp Kurashev nearing a return from injury, they also surprisingly sent Guttman down to Rockford.

Chicago Sun-Times

Inmate beaten to death in Cook County Jail

Johnny Hendrix, 29, of Rockford was in a fight with another inmate Tuesday and received lifesaving measures from the jail staff before dying at Mount Sinai Hospital, authorities say.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ranking the Blackhawks’ top 20 prospects entering the 2023-24 season

Connor Bedard is an obvious choice for No. 1, although he won’t be a prospect for long. After him, Kevin Korchinski, Oliver Moore and Frank Nazar headline an increasingly talented list.

Chicago Sun-Times

Schaumburg police investigating whether suspect in 10-year-old girl’s murder was involved in death of woman days earlier

Antonio Monroe, 44, from Blue Island, was arrested over the weekend and charged with the strangling the girl Saturday after grabbing her as she played with her 6-year-old sister outside a home in Rockford, according to police.

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Metra extension to Rockford doesn’t make economic sense

The proposed service expansion is unnecessary and duplicative, and will likely run at a tremendous loss, subsidized by the taxpayers.

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Blue Island man charged in killing of 10-year-old girl in Rockford

The girl was reported missing about noon Saturday. Officers found her about 30 minutes later. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Metra service between Chicago and Rockford to begin in 2027

The last time passenger trains connected the two cities was in 1981.

Chicago Tribune

Millions of Illinois residents get their drinking water from municipal and private wells contaminated with toxic forever chemicals

Testing during the past three years revealed nearly a million Illinoisans get their drinking water from municipal wells contaminated with toxic forever chemicals at levels exceeding state health guidelines.

Chicago Sun-Times

New research finds small, mid-size Illinois cities have higher per-capita gun homicide rates than Chicago

Cities such as Champaign, Rockford and Peoria have seen homicide rates per 100,000 residents surge in recent years, close to or surpassing Chicago’s levels.

Chicago Sun-Times

Seeds of today’s bitter political divisions were sown in 1978 Republican primaries

House member John Anderson of Rockford, Illinois was one of three moderate Republicans who found their way to the top of the conservative hit list in ‘78.

Chicago Sun-Times

Suspect sought in theft of Rockford funeral home van with body inside is arrested in Green Bay

Deon Howard is charged with unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle, abuse of a corpse in the theft of a funeral home van containing a body that was found in Chicago.

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