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Softball Recap: Macey Lineman can't quite lead South Beloit over Milledgeville
South Beloit and Milledgeville squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but South Beloit had to settle for second. They lost 16-4 to the Milledgeville Missiles. The result was an unpleasant reminder to South Beloit of the 10-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April of 2015.
How the Northern Lights get their colors
MOLINE, Ill. — A rare and intense geomagnetic storm in mid-May put on a brilliant display of the Northern Lights across much of the United States. Depending on where you live, you likely saw quite a wide variety of colors ranging from yellow and green to pink and red. Shawn from Rock Falls, Illinois, was curious as to what causes the different colors to show up in the night sky. Let's dig in!
Armed man arrested outside Dixon VFW on Sunday
DIXON, Ill. (WTVO) — An Illinois man was arrested at a Dixon V.F.W. after police were alerted that the subject, a convicted felon, was armed with a gun. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Department, around 2:11 p.m. on Sunday, May 12th, authorities were informed that John Persona, 60, had left a residence in Nachusa […]
Union pushes for worker protection at Thomson Prison
Thomson Federal Prison remains on lockdown more than three weeks after the facility reported guns and cell phones getting inside the prison. Union leaders continue to lobby for changes that protect for workers who are sexually assaulted and harassed by inmates. A state law in Illinois prompted an inmate to plead guilty to exposing himself to a woman who’s a corrections officer. Inmate Fred Smith was sentenced to an additional 364 days in prison, the most allowed under the Illinois law.
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