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Loves Park Police arrest two on drug, weapon charges

Loves Park Police arrest two on drug, weapon charges

On Monday, Aug. 1, at around 1:42 a.m., a vehicle was stopped in the 5100 block of Rockberry Road. During the stop, a K-9 was deployed to sniff around the outside of the vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle was conducted. The driver, Maurice TL Buchanan, 20, of Rockford, […]

 
 

Plenty of competition likely in 2017 MP village board election

Plenty of competition likely in 2017 MP village board election

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER There could be some new faces on the village board following the April 2017 election. Newcomers wanting four-year terms on the board are Joe Seipts in District 1 and Heather Kelley in District 3. Kelley will be challenging first-term Incumbent Trustee James Kidd, who is running […]

 
 

Village sides with residents, rejects plan to build duplex

Village sides with residents, rejects plan to build duplex

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Plans to build a duplex on Wayne Drive once again have brought varied opinions from decision-makers in the village. This time it was the village board in the spotlight and it voted 4-2 July 18, on first reading and with one absent, to deny a rezoning […]

 
 

‘Pink Heals’ offers support to those with a serious disease

‘Pink Heals’ offers support to those with a serious disease

By Margaret Downing REPORTER Connie and Jim Lynch met and started dating when they were students at Harlem High School. Jim, later an assistant principal at the school, graduated in 1962, Connie in 1964. The couple married after getting out of school and went on to become parents to three […]

 
 

Stateline Fury 16U Red wins national championship

Stateline Fury 16U Red wins national championship

Stateline Fury’s 16U Red fast-pitch softball team battled 100 degree temperatures in Overland Park, Kansas to win the 2016 USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association) National Championship this past weekend. The team went 11-1 and outscored their opponents with a combined score of 87-20 including six shutout victories. The tournament […]

 
 

Police promote community relations with kids in Wantz Park

Police promote community relations with kids in Wantz Park

Loves Park Police Officers stopped by Wantz Park on Tuesday, July 26 to deliver popsicles that one of the officers donated. With all the negative news about police officers over the recent past, it was remarkable to see dozens and dozens of excited kids rush the police car. Excited to […]

 
 

Korean War vets hold state reunion in Rockford

Korean War vets hold state reunion in Rockford

By Margaret Downing REPORTER On July 16, Deputy Council General Jae-woong Lee addressed approximately 45 Korean War veteran and their spouses at the Korean War Veterans Association Annual State Reunion held this year at the Holiday Inn and Hoffman House in Rockford. Deputy Council Lee had this to say in […]

 
 

Construction to begin on Alpine Road multi-use path

  Beginning, construction crews were scheduled to begin construction on a new multi-use path along Alpine Road Monday, July 25. Path improvements will be constructed along the west side of Alpine Road starting behind Lowe’s and running south to an area just north of the Schnuck’s at Harlem and Alpine […]

 
 

Loves Park Police arrest two Rockford men on gun charges

Loves Park Police arrest two Rockford men on gun charges

On Friday evening, Loves Park Police were dispatched to the Mobil gas station at E. Riverside Blvd. and Clifford Ave., after an observant member of the community called police. When officers arrived, they met with two men in a vehicle. During the encounter, officers searched the vehicle, and a loaded […]

 
 

Firefighters thank police officers involved in rescue in May

Firefighters thank police officers involved in rescue in May

By Margaret Downing REPORTER On the evening of May 2, police officers in Loves Park and fire department personnel all responded to a what could possibly have been a fatal situation at a multi-family complex on fire. Personnel entered the smoke filled building and saved a family of eight that […]

 
 
 
 
 
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