Omar Hernandez, 44, is charged with five counts of criminal sexual assault and two counts of aggravated domestic battery. Around 2 a.m. Saturday, April 19, Belvidere police and Boone County Sheriff’s ...

Omar Hernandez, 44, has been charged Criminal Sexual Assault, Aggravated Domestic Battery, and Unlawful Restraint after a woman was found in “medical distress” in Belvidere on Saturday.

Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias announced over $1.3 million in grants to school libraries in Rockford, Belvidere, Freeport, and other schools to provide quality ...

Two of the three F4 twisters hit Chicagoland and the combined death toll was in the dozens. Three inches of snow followed the ...