Rebecca Johnson

Oct 20, 2024 | police1.com | Rebecca Johnson

By Rebecca JohnsonChicago TribuneCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An Illinois State Police trooper was killed while on duty in a downstate vehicle crash Friday afternoon. Trooper Corey Thompson, 28, was fatally injured driving a motorcycle at the intersection of County Road 1300 East and East Leverett Road in downstate Somer Township in Champaign County, state police director Brendan Kelly said in a Saturday statement.

Oct 19, 2024 | officer.com | Rebecca Johnson

An Illinois State Police trooper was killed while on duty in a downstate vehicle crash Friday afternoon. Trooper Corey Thompsen, 28, was fatally injured driving a motorcycle at the intersection of County Road 1300 East and East Leverett Road in downstate Somer Township in Champaign County, state police director Brendan Kelly said in a Saturday statement.

May 5, 2024 | texasbar.com | Geoffrey Hinkson |Rebecca Johnson |Eric Quitugua

Texas Bar Journal • May 2024 The intersection of law and technology. By Geoffrey Hinkson, Rebecca Johnson, and Eric Quitugua South by Southwest, the annual music, film, and technology conference that takes over Austin each year, featured panels on March 8-16 that provided updates on the law, offered continuing education for attorneys, and explored current and future legal trends. Highlights from some of the law-related sessions follow.

Jan 9, 2024 | effinghamdailynews.com | Rebecca Johnson

A couple remodeling their rented home in Batavia, a suburb west of Chicago, 45 years ago found some interesting items behind the walls — old bottles, shoes and corncobs. But one discovery was the stuff of nightmares. While ripping out a plaster wall, the wife spotted human bones in the debris, including a piece of a skull and a lower jawbone, according to a 1978 article from the Batavia Chronicle. “When I first found it, I was hysterical,” Martha Skinner told the newspaper.

Nov 26, 2023 | officer.com | Rebecca Johnson

A Bedford Park police officer was hospitalized after he was shot multiple times during a struggle at a Speedway gas station in the southern suburb, police said. While responding to a report of a car crash at about 3:40 a.m., officers found an unoccupied vehicle with “heavy damage” in the 6700 block of South Archer Road. The car was reported stolen in an aggravated vehicular hijacking in Chicago, police said.