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Comments from REA President Karen Bieschke
Rockford teacheres voted 1264-12 to ratify a four year contract with the Rockford School District. Karen Bieschke talks to reporters following the vote.
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Posted 3/31/2012 4:29:00 PM
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5/18/2012
The Winnebago County Coroner's office has released the name of the woman who died in a Thursday afternoon crash at the 6800 block of Spring Brook Road.
She's been identified as 62 year old Rachel Jacob of Loves Park. She was pronounced dead at the scene after her westbound Toyota swerved into the eastbound lane of traffic and collided with a Rockford Mass Transit District bus.
The forensic pathologist that performed the autopsy on Jacob concurred that she suffered from a medical crisis but was unable to identify the cause.
The bus driver and three passengers were treated for non-life threatening injuries.
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5/18/2012
News release from Rockford Public Schools:
RPS 205 Leadership Team Recommends School Board Give .58 Tax Levy Back to Taxpayers
May 17, 2012…The Rockford Public School district leadership team plans to recommend to the Rockford School Board that it vote to give taxpayers back the .58 tax levy it has assessed since 2006 when the “Kids Win” community-led campaign resulted in a positive vote of overwhelming support.
“We are no longer required by state law to ask voters to let us continue collecting the .58 tax levy,” explains Interim Superintendent Dr. Robert Willis. “If we wanted to, we could continue collecting it without their consent. But we feel a moral obligation to give that money back to the voters. We realize citizens need property tax relief, our community needs economic growth, and pushing our overall tax rate down will help those efforts.”
In 2006, when the community and school board were well on their way toward a successful public campaign to get the .58 tax levy passed, theIllinoisStatelegislature voted to giveIllinoisschool districts more freedom to control the individual tax levies that make up their total tax rates. (Public Act 94-0976, referred to as PTELL went into effect June 30, 2006.). ...
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5/18/2012
Rockford Police investigate an armed robbery to a citizen. Police say a 55 year old woman was robbed at gunpoint Thursday night at the 27-hundred block of West State Street. The woman tells Police she asked a man in a gold/two door vehicle for a ride before he robbed her at gunpoint. Police say the suspect fled eastbound on West State Street after stealing a small amount of cash. The victim was not injured.
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5/18/2012
Rockford Police are investigating two seperate shooting incidents at the 3100 block of Mulberry Street. Police say the occupants of a gold or silver mini-van fired multiple rounds shortly after 10 pm Thursday. A 40 year old man standing outside was hit in the arm. The man's car was hit as was a house. Police say the suspects returned less than two hours later and fired five to six shots towards the same residence. A 36 year old woman was shot in the leg. Gunfire also hit the same car and house again. So far....no arrests.
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5/18/2012
Rockford Police respond to reports of gunfire being exchanged by the occupants of two vehicles near South Alpine and Newburg Roads. Police say a woman and her two passengers were in a car heading west on Newburg shortly before 11 pm when a silver mini-van began following them. Police say the car turned south onto Alpine Road when one of the occupants of the mini-van fired shots at the car. Police say the woman lost control of her vehicle and crashed into Big Foot Lounge, 1609 South Alpine. Police say the other occupants of the woman's vehicle fled before police arrived. No one was hurt. So far...no arrests.
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5/17/2012
Winnebago County Coroner Sue Fiduccia says the driver of a Toyota may have had a medical incident when the car she was driving swerved into a Rockford Mass Transit Bus around 3:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon.
The woman, described as being in her 60's died in the accident that occurred at the 6800 block of Spring Brook road. The RMTD bus driver and three passengers were being treated for what is described as non-life threatening injuries.
Traffic was blocked at the scene. Police were reconstructing the scene to determine the cause of the accident.
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