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Residents jump from second floor to escape early morning house fire in Rockford
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Ten people are displaced Monday after an early morning fire on Rockford’s southeast side. Around 3:15 a.m. March 17, the Rockford Fire Department was called to the 1700 block of South Fourth Street for a fire with multiple people trapped on the second floor. Upon...
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Downers Grove South High School Soccer Coach Charged with Assaulting Student
Downers Grove, IL – A Downers Grove South High School teacher and soccer coach has been charged with multiple felonies for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student, authorities announced Monday. Christina Formella, 30, of Downers Grove, faces one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse (Class 1 felony), one count...
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Missing Beloit woman found, family reports
BELOIT, Wis. (WTVO) — Rebecca Osmond, 47, has been missing since February 22, but her family reported on Sunday that she has been found alive. Osmond last spoke on a Facetime call to her son on February 22. Her mother said her phone was off after that. The family told police they believed she arrived […]
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Three Rockford area student athletes to compete in the NCAA Tournament
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The field of 68 teams for the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments is set and three area players will have a chance to compete for a national championship. Rockford native AJ Storr will be dancing with the Kansas Jayhawks. They are the #7...
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‘Nearly fully pregnant’: Man who assaulted victim who has ‘severe or profound disability’ learns his fate
A man who admitted to sexually assaulting and impregnating a woman with a “severe or profound intellectual disability” in Illinois will spend more than two decades behind bars. Isaiah Fields, 25, was sentenced to 25 years in prison, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office announced on Friday. In...