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Morning Headlines: Monday, November 16
Morning Headlines: Monday, November 16
Morning Headlines: Monday, November 16
Man shot during argument on Rockford's east side  Lee County State's Attorney Arrested and Charged with DUI Man shot during armed robbery on Rockford's west side Robberies Up on Rockford's West Side Murder warrants issued in 2014 Beloit homicide Man robbed at gunpoint on Rockford's southeast side Rockford Shows Support for Paris Sanitation, water bills likely to rise for Rockford residents
Lee County Considering Creation of Gun Ordinance
Lee County Considering Creation of Gun Ordinance
Lee County Considering Creation of Gun Ordinance
Where can you legally fire your gun in Lee County? For now, the answer appears to be anywhere you wish. According to the Dixon Telegraph, currently there are no laws governing what residents can and cannot do with firearms. County leaders are now looking into creating an ordinance to establish some guidelines: The issue arose after neighbors complained about noise when a store owner who sells fire
Bison Soon Will Return to Northern Illinois [AUDIO]
Bison Soon Will Return to Northern Illinois [AUDIO]
Bison Soon Will Return to Northern Illinois [AUDIO]
Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network It has been 177 years since bison roamed Illinois. The Nature Conservancy is bringing that animal back. The organization owns a 3,500-acre preserve in Ogle and Lee Counties in Northern Illinois and is reintroducing the bison to help graze the land, which the group's Illinois conservation program director, Bob Moseley, says is necessary...
Amboy Man Gets $50,000 in Excessive Force Case
Amboy Man Gets $50,000 in Excessive Force Case
Amboy Man Gets $50,000 in Excessive Force Case
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A 56-year-old Amboy man was awarded $50,000 after a federal jury decided a Lee County sheriff's deputy used excessive force against him during a 2009 seizure. Deputy Andrew Tarr and his former partner, William Roberts, were sent to perform a welfare check after police received a phone call about a suicidal man, the Dixon Telegraph reported...