South Beloit News

The Eastland Cougars are headed back to state, and the way they're playing volleyball right now, a state title repeat isn't too farfetched.

Three teens were charged Oct. 20 with unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor at a house party in the 6700 block of Nantucket Court.

He was convicted back in July. On top of prison time, Gordon must serve three years of supervised release and pay about $65,000 thousand dollars in restitution to Blackhawk Bank.

Last week, Chief Tom Fearn presented his letter of resignation to the council at a special meeting.

A South Beloit man charged in a drunk driving accident that killed a 17-year-old Loves Park girl, changes his plea today.

South Beloit Police Chief Tom Fearn announced last week he'd step down October 10th due to personal reasons.

"It doesn't surprise me, it's a long time coming." Parents at South Beloit Junior High have been saying for years, teacher Kevin Thompson's reputation rubs them the wrong way.

The Illinois Commerce Commission will conduct a series of public hearings on Illinois American Water Company's proposal to increase annual revenue by about $61 million.

Ellen L. Jackson, 58, of 901 Meadow Lane, Fond du Lac, and formerly of Rockford, Ill., died Wednesday, Sept.

Here at home a group of concerned residents supporting a local horse training facility is gearing up for tonight's Winnebago County Board Meeting.

Plans to give an award-winning horse training facility a new home make their way out of the starting gate tonight.

Authorities say skeletal remains of two infants found in the trunk of a car at a northern Illinois impound lot were wrapped in cloth and stuffed in separate plastic bags.

Sheriff Dick Meyers says he and a Chief Deputy returned to the office Saturday for some work on this case while two other investigators were in the field, searching for any connection between the infant bodies and 28-year-old Katie Stockton of Rockton.

ROCKFORD, Ill. Skeletal remains of two infants have been found in a vehicle owned by the Illinois woman recently accused of leaving a different baby to freeze to death along a rural road in 2004, authorities announced this afternoon.Two packages were found in Katie Stocktons car, Winnebago County Coroner Sue Fiduccia said at a 2 p.m. press ...

Reborn Red Flag Fund Up And Running, With Benefit Auction Scheduled For September 26th at Blackhawk Farms Raceway From a press release issued by Red Flag Fund New Red Flag Fund Announces Sept.

" I would have never bought this place if I knew what was happening" Three weeks before Ralph Minzer is forced to increase liquor prices at his bar, the thought of a capital plan isn't helping him see the glass half full.

Budget talks dominate discussion at the South Beloit City Council meeting, with a host of proposed cuts and revenue generators on the table.

Beloit's job market is perhaps the hardest hit in the Stateline. Its unemployment rate climbed to a whopping 19 percent in June.

The Mike Stone Rockin' Race Show at Blackhawk Farms, July 25 Rome, Georgia: Riding motorcycles and playing guitar since he was eight-years-old, Mike Stone has melded his life on the stage with his new life on the racetrack, performing his next show on the Saturday of the July 24-26 CCS event at Blackhawk Farms Raceway, South Beloit, Illinois.

At 75 years old, Howard Ovist is looking to the future by becoming the first person in Beloit to install a wind turbine on a home.