DAVENPORT -- George F. Rittmanic, loving Husband, Father, Grandpa, Brother and Friend, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 27, after living with and fighting stomach cancer for two and a ...

SPRINGFIELD – Nine Illinois police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2024 were honored at a ceremony in Springfield Thursday. The Illinois Peace Officers Memorial takes place every ...

KANKAKEE, Ill. — Jurors on Wednesday heard in vivid detail how a police sergeant was gunned down four days after Christmas three years ago as the defense painted the accused shooter as a man defending ...

Sgt. Rittmanic's loved ones said moving forward, they hope to honor her legacy by bringing the same positivity she brought to others.

Lyn Stua-Rittmanic, wife of fallen Bradley Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic, pauses during an interview with the Daily Journal last month alongside Rittmanic’s niece Jennifer Johnson Whitaker and sister ...

Loren John Freese, 94, died peacefully at his home, Monday morning, Dec. 5, 2022. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 12, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Monticello, with interment in ...

Ty Skylar O’Connor, age 59, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, October 14, 2022, at the chapel of Clancy-Gernon ...

Other recent events like the murders of Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic and Wayne County Deputy Sean Riley, whose funeral was attended by Oberheim and her family, tell a series of events that ...

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Bradley police sergeant Marlene Rittmanic was laid to rest Friday. Rittmanic’s funeral began at 10 a.m. Rittmanic, 49, was killed in the line of duty on December 29. Her partner, ...

Bradley Police Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic, who was shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to a noise complaint at a Kankakee County hotel last week, was remembered at her funeral as not ...