Roscoe News

Orville D. Tabbert, 77, of Rockton, Ill., went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 9, 2009.

A Winnebago County corrections officer is charged with driving under the influence.

An Illinois teen has pleaded guilty to manufacturing and delivering heroin to a Beloit teen who overdosed.

Probable cases of swine flu in Illinois have continued their slow spread out of their original beachhead in the Chicago area.

The design for the Young at Heart Festival button was unveiled at Harlem High School.

Whitney Schott, a 5-foot-7 setter, will transfer to and play volleyball for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the school announced Tuesday.

Patty and Doug Gramer of Machesney Park, Illinois announce the birth of their twin sons born on March 30, 2009.

Today local students learn about conserving our natural resources in honor of Earth Day.

August is the month selected by Leslie Immel and Christopher Smith to exchange wedding vows.

The owners of a Janesville hair salon have good reason to tune into the American Idol television show: they style the hair of one of the remaining contestants, Danny Gokey.

The Roscoe Village board voted unanimously Thursday night to accept a land donation of just more than hundred acres, that previously belonged to local Developer Jeff Petry.

The Rockton Fire Department has a new leader. Kirk Wilson of Roscoe will take over as the new fire chief.

Heart disease kills nearly half a million women each year, at the rate of about one per minute.

Last updated on 02/15/2009 at 10:17 p.m. Photographs, collages, letters and works of art represented remembrance and condolence of the five victims from the Feb.

The Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club will hold its annual black history event, titled "Sankofa: Black Literature and Black Activism from the Beginnings to Barack Obama," at 6 p.m. Feb.

Automakers at the Chicago Auto Show are showing they can think small. But their efforts may be stymied by the consumer's shrinking budget.

An Illinois teen has told investigators he traded a fatal dose of heroin to a Beloit teen for a Starbucks gift card.

"At the time that I decided to go on the trip, the fighting was heavy, the ground war was going on," Wendy Huss of Roscoe said.

Ireland's friendly, helpful locals get high marks from visitors. Add dazzling scenery, rich history and a few hearty pints of stout, and you have a perfect trip to Ireland, according to a handful of iReporters.

Beloit police said Wednesday that the November death of an 18-year-old man was drug-related and that three people are in custody on suspicion of being party to the crime of first-degree reckless homicide.