ROCKFORD - There's something new for re-enactors: a swap meet will provide a chance to buy new sell or trade equipment and clothing or any era. The event will be held at the main building at Midway Village Museum on  Saturday, January 28 from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM.

ROCKFORD—A Roscoe, Illinois man pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from a local credit union. Thomas A. Miles, 42, the former collections supervisor of Rock Valley Federal Credit Union, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court with embezzling funds from October 2007 to August 2010, totaling approximately $122,110.80, from the Rock Valley Federal Credit Union, 1201 Clifford Ave., Loves Park, Ill.