• Illinois State police and Rockford Police are looking into an attempted bank robbery at the BMO Harris Bank on N. Mulford Road Wednesday morning.  Police say two subjects, one possibly armed, entered the bank but left after an exchange in the lobby without taking any money. It is unclear if they ever demanded cash, but they fled before taking any money.
  • Police searching a home at 11350 Lemon Grass Lane in Roscoe found processed marijuana and more than 200 cannabis plants. 32-year old David M. Pospiech was arrested and charged with possession with intent to deliver and possessing more than 200 plants.
  • Illinois may soon face a shortage of Registered Nurses, across all specialties, as an aging workforce readies to retire. That’s according to a survey from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.   Of the respondents polled, one-third of all RNs, 55 to 65 years or older, intend to retire within the next five years, leaving voids in specialties such as psychiatric, school, home health and community health nursing.
  • A man charged with killing his girlfriend in Janesville a year ago has pleaded guilty to the homicide in an agreement with prosecutors.  Twenty-one-year-old Britney Cross has found bludgeoned to death behind a building along the Rock River on May 4, 2014. A witness testified Cross argued with Clayton Courtney near the Memorial Bridge that night, then saw Courtney alone.
  • Labor leaders and workers are expected to gather outside the McDonald's shareholders meeting to demand a $15-an-hour wage for fast-food workers. Pressure on Oak Brook-based McDonald's to increase wages comes as the company tries to turn around sales.
  • A constitutional amendment to tax millionaires to fund education is heading to the Illinois House of Representatives.  Speaking before a House committee Wednesday morning, State Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago) said when voters were asked via an advisory referendum about a 3 percent tax on income over $1 million, their answer was clear.  "The question was asked would you agree or disagree with the concept of taxing people with incomes over $1 million to help public education, and I believe it was close to 70 percent of the people answered that question 'yes,'" Currie said.  The actual result was 60 percent voting yes, and less than 35 percent voting against it.  Despite public support, Illinois Manufacturers' Association President Greg Baise says the tax would lead to richer Illinoisans moving out of the state. "I respect the vote of the people that occurred last November. It's an easy vote to say yes to," Baise said.  The proposal passed the House Revenue and Finance Committee. To pass the constitutional amendment through the House will require 71 'yes' votes, which is exactly the number of Democrats in the House. Republican leaders have said that no Republicans will support this. The Constitution, as it stands, requires a flat income tax rate.

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