BOONE COUNTY – Boone County State’s Attorney Michelle Courier announced that on May 31 Edgar Escobar-Salcedo, 24, of Harvard, Ill., was sentenced to 22 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for one count of Armed Robbery. On Sept. 12, 2014 Escobar-Salcedo, entered the Belvidere Tobacco and Liquor Store, with […]
By Kathryn Menue Editor BELVIDERE – At about 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, St. James students and staff gathered in the gymnasium to celebrate a successful school year coming to an end. With family members present to cheer on the students, St. James began the celebration with an awards […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – Setting salaries for some elected officials only may happen every four years. This time around deciding those amounts caused several split votes during the May 18 Boone County Board meeting. The first was the amount paid to the county board chairman, which was […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – Belvidere North sophomore Sebastian Gutierrez and senior Eryk Yunk claimed places Saturday, May 28 at the boys’ state track meet in Charleston. Gutierrez finished in a tie for ninth place in the high jump, clearing six feet, three inches. The winning effort was six […]
BELVIDERE – On Friday, June 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans will hold their second anniversary celebration at the John Hugo Kaiser VFW Post 1461 located at 1310 W. Lincoln Ave. in Belvidere. At 10 a.m., our 1,000th lapghan will be presented to a […]
BOONE COUNTY – Two new Master Gardener interns are on the job in Boone County. On May 4, University of Illinois Extension graduated twenty-two area volunteers from the University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener training program held in DeKalb County. University of Illinois Extension’s Master Gardener program is an educational […]