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DOWNERS GROVE – The Illinois State Police say they arrested 53-year old Frank Hightower III of Rockford for Aggravated Use of an Electronic Communication Device
A Rockford man has plead guilty to attempted first-degree murder, Ogle County State's Attorney Mike Rock announced Thursday.
ROCKFORD — In an incident with consequences for the city's proposed casino, a pair of friends were driving around last summer in Ogle County looking for a house party that an acquaintance told them was being thrown at an Airbnb rental. After navigating a half-mile driveway at the Weldon Road address they were given, they were greeted by Joseph Castrogiovanni instead of the revelers they expected, according to Ogle County Sheriff's Department reports obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request. The 69-year-old owner of Giovanni's Restaurant and Convention Center had been alerted...