Illinois pastor swims English Channel to raise money to build school in Angola

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Twenty-one miles and nearly 14 hours later, a northern Illinois pastor has fulfilled his goal of swimming the English Channel to raise money for a school in Africa.

Expecting justice: Downtrodden Ill. community grapples with racially charged fatal shooting

ROCKFORD, Ill. — The anger spread almost as quickly as the news: an unarmed black man was fatally shot by two white police officers inside a northern Illinois church-run day care filled with children.

A march to support Ill. officers follows rallies demanding justice in racially charged killing

ROCKFORD, Ill. — The fatal shooting of a black man inside a church-run day care has reopened racial wounds in one northern Illinois city.

Federal investigators at site of deadly Illinois derailment say high water may have had a role

ROCKFORD, Ill. — There was high water along the northern Illinois rail line where a freight train derailed, setting off a fiery explosion and killing one person, federal authorities said Sunday.

Ill. train derailment explosion kills woman running for safety, hundreds evacuated

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Railroad tank cars holding thousands of gallons of highly flammable ethanol derailed and exploded in flames, killing a 41-year-old woman as she tried to run to safety from a car stopped at a crossing.

Fiery freight train derailment kills 1 northwest of Chicago, residents evacuated

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Railroad tank cars holding thousands of gallons of highly flammable ethanol derailed and exploded in flames, killing a woman as she tried to run to safety from a car stopped at a crossing.

1 dead after fiery freight train derailment northwest of Chicago, area residents evacuated

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A freight train hauling ethanol derailed and its tankers exploded, killing one person and triggering a fire that continued to burn early Saturday.

1 female dead from fiery train derailment northwest of Chicago

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Authorities say one person is dead after a fiery freight train derailment northwest of Chicago.

Freight train derails northwest of Chicago, area residents evacuated

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A Canadian National freight train derailed, triggering an explosion Friday night that left at least two people critically injured and prompted officials to evacuate the area northwest of Chicago amid concerns more of the train’s cars might catch fire.

Michigan teacher spending 65 hours in tree to reward students’ fundraising efforts

ROCKFORD, Mich. — David Buth is rewarding the tree-mendous fundraising efforts of his Michigan middle school students by spending 65 hours in a perch 40 feet above ground.

Michigan teacher spending 65 hours in tree to reward students’ fundraising efforts

ROCKFORD, Mich. — David Buth is rewarding the tree-mendous fundraising efforts of his Michigan middle school students by spending 65 hours in a perch 40 feet above ground.