Freeport Journal-Standard

2 days ago | journalstandard.com | Corina Curry

A fatal motorcycle crash victim has been identified as a 40-year-old Steward man. According to the Winnebago County Coroner's Office, Corey Carter of Steward was pronounced at the scene at 7:21 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at 7030 West Lane Road in Machesney Park. A new release from the coroner's office states Carter was operating a motorcycle westbound on West Lane Road around 6:15 p.m. when he lost control and crashed.

2 days ago | journalstandard.com | Matt Trowbridge

What do you do at a horse show? Well, if you are Carson Akins, you play catch. But only because there wasn’t enough room to swing a bat. His older sister is on NIU’s equestrian team, but Akins never had any interest in horses. “Not me. I don’t know why. It just wasn’t me,” he said. “I was always a baseball player. We would go to horse shows, and I would just play catch with my dad all the time.”“He wanted to play baseball nonstop,” his dad, Bill Akins, said. “Even at home on the farm.

3 days ago | journalstandard.com | Jeff Kolkey

Rockford Fire Department investigators are working to determine what caused a fatal fire about 6:18 a.m. Monday, May 12, at 3912 Preston St.A 46-year-old woman was killed in the fire that appeared to start in a downstairs bedroom of the house located on the city's far westside, Rockford Fire Division Chief Luis Duran said. It displaced two other residents who had been alerted to the fire by smoke detectors and were able to escape, Duran said.

3 days ago | journalstandard.com | Matt Trowbridge

Good sports teams feel like a family. Freeport’s NIC-10 boys tennis champions really are a family. Four of the eight players who dominated the conference Friday and Saturday are cousins. Diego Robles-Sanchez paired with Cadan DeJong to outlast Auburn’s No. 1 seeds Austin Altangerel and Cooper Kruchten 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 Saturday at Guilford High School.

3 days ago | journalstandard.com | Matt Trowbridge

Good sports teams feel like a family. Freeport’s NIC-10 boys tennis champions really are a family. Four of the eight players who dominated the conference Friday and Saturday are cousins. Diego Robles-Sanchez paired with Cadan DeJong to outlast Auburn’s No. 1 seeds Austin Altangerel and Cooper Kruchten 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 Saturday at Guilford High School.