Home Rule is mainly about getting more money into municipal coffers. Another example of this is found in a Rockford Register-Star column by writer Chuck Sweeney: “There’s a related hope that the state’s lawmakers will allow Rockford, a nonhome-rule city, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Rockford
The Rockford Register-Star reports that Republican Party Headquarters in Rockford was vandalized Saturday night. The date 9/27/18 was also left on one side of the building. That was the day of the U.S. Senate hearings on the confirmation of Brett … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: CHICAGO RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO MANUFACTURE MARIJUANA IN ROCKFORD WAREHOUSE ROCKFORD A Chicago man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for his role in … Continue reading
Under my Jun 26, 2015, article entitled, “Could Uber Be More Efficient Than Pace?” the following comment from Rockford Veteran Jason B. appeared. (One of the 14 comments under that article led to the comment below.) I find it engaging … Continue reading
A press release from the Rockford Police Department: Arrest Release – Prostitution Detail 021715 On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 in the evening hours, the Rockford Police Department District 2 M3 Streets Team conducted an undercover prostitution detail targeting internet-based prostitution … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney in St. Louis: Six Bosnian Natives Charged With Providing Material Support To Terrorists St. Louis, MO – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced that a federal indictment … Continue reading
Harvard’s Milk Day Parade was Saturday. I was there looking for election tea leaves. What I saw in the first part of the parade can be found here. Another Democrat came next. He is Dennis Anderson, the minority party’s second-time … Continue reading
Having looked at the nine gambling bills that passed the Illinois General Assembly this year, today let’s examine the roll call of the big one that didn’t, Senate Bill 1739. … Continue reading
With the location of the Boston Marathon bombs assumed to have been trash cans, I thought readers might be interested in what FBI Agent Jared Ruddy said about Black Muslim Derrick Shareff’s plan to bomb Cherry Vale Mall in 2006. … Continue reading
A press release from Northern Illinois Federal District Court Chief Judge James F. Holderman: DISTRICT JUDGES SELECT IAIN DAVID JOHNSTON TO SERVE AS MAGISTRATE JUDGE IN WESTERN DIVISION ROCKFORD- Chief Judge James F. Holderman today announced that attorney Iain David … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Don Manzullo: Manzullo Responds to USPS Decision to Move Rockford Mail Operations to Chicago Suburbs [ROCKFORD] – Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) issued the following statement today in response to the U.S. Postal Service’s decision to … Continue reading
Tea Party favorite Joe Walsh is off to Rockford for the third time I have noticed in order to participate in a third anniversary celebration of the local group. Here’s what I found in an email: “Hey Rockford Tea Party… … Continue reading
Here’s the message I got from a friend: NIWC CLOSED FOREVER!!!!!!! Submitted by Editor on Fri, 01/13/2012 – 2:15pm Rockford Pro-Life ANNOUNCEMENT – ProLifeCorner – 2-13-2012 – Northern Illinois Women’s Center (NIWC) announced today that they would not be reopening … Continue reading
These two press releases from Congressman Donald Manzullo tell something about Rockford’s decreasing desirability as a hub for mail and packages distribution. The Post Office hearing press release came yesterday. The one below came today. One can easily surmise that … Continue reading
Earlier this decade there was an attempt to close the Rockford sorting center, merging it with Palatine and Congressman Don Manzullo kept it open. Now the Post Office has the facility in its sights again, as you can tell from … Continue reading
The Rockford Tea Party invites folks to a counterdemonstration near Congressman Don Manzullo’s Rockford office tomorrow about noon. The stimulus is the local contingent of Occupy Wall Street, as you can see in the email below: Tomorrow Thursday Dec 1st, … Continue reading
The Rockford office of the U.S. Attorney’s Office moved into their new digs last week. And today, there’s the official dedication of the new building for which Congressman Don Manzullo and Senator Dick Durbin managed to get inserted into budgets … Continue reading
When I heard that the abortion clinic in Rockford had been closed at the end of September, I asked the Illinois Department of Public Health for the documents involved. Friday I received a partial reply to my Freedom of Information … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: ALGONQUIN MAN INDICTED ON FEDERAL MURDER FOR HIRE CHARGES Rockford – An Algonquin, Ill. man was indicted today and charged with seven counts of using interstate facilities in a murder-for-hire scheme. The … Continue reading
McHenry County lost the big prize, first to Garden Prairie, then to the Rockford area, but Chemtool President Jim Athans told me Sunday that he plans to close his Elkhorn plant and move its operations to the Crystal Lake location. … Continue reading