The new series “Scam Goddess” – based on the popular podcast with comedian Laci Mosley – opens with a story familiar to Quad-Cities-area residents. Rita Crundwell_2817352096660078970 Rita Crundwell, ...

The city of Dixon, Illinois, population 16,000, has long been famous as the hometown of former President Ronald Reagan. In 2012, it became infamous when it was revealed that one of its residents ...

DIXON, Ill. (KWQC/Gray News) - A former city employee in Illinois who was convicted of stealing millions of dollars had her sentence commuted Thursday by President Joe Biden. Former Dixon comptroller ...

Dec. 18—When President Joe Biden announced Thursday he was pardoning 39 people and commuting 1,500 prison sentences — the largest act of clemency in a single day — we were not surprised. Yes, the ...

A disgraced ex-municipal comptroller who embezzled nearly $54 million from her northwest Illinois city received a commutation from President Joe Biden on Thursday, wiping out about four years in a ...

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a transaction that means the city of Dixon will get $680,000 more in restitution from imprisoned former comptroller Rita Crundwell. A judge approved a ...

DIXON, Ill. — The defense attorney for Rita Crundwell says he may ask that state charges be dropped against the disgraced former Dixon comptroller. Crundwell has admitted in federal court to stealing ...