180 Degrees
Want an inside look at a yearlong project by journalists at the newspaper and the Web site to help Rockford solve serious problems and turn around? We’re focusing on five areas that are key to our way of life in the Rock River Valley: Crime, education, the local economy, state and local government and our culture/sense of place. Would you like to help us in this campaign to bring about change? Give us your ideas and insights and help guide us to better solutions for Rockford. You can join the conversation here.

Archive for June 3rd, 2008

Crime package online today

6 comments June 3rd, 2008

The first part of the second part (make sense?) of our 180 degrees project has been posted this morning. This installment focuses on crime, which is the reason we started this endeavor.

How did Winnebago County get to the point of having the highest crime rate per capita in the state? It’s not just Rockford. Rockford by itself has a high crime rate by usually is behind (ahead of?) at least East St. Louis.

We’re trying to answer that question, among others,  as we go forward. We see 180 degrees as a continuing effort. We’re serious about finding solutions. We know there are no easy answers. If there were, there’d be no need for this project.