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A Rockford area church that has filed a federal lawsuit claiming Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order violates their religious rights defied the order by hosting more than 100 parishioners at Sunday’s service. NBC 5’S Michelle Relerford reports.

A small northern Illinois church defied crowd restrictions in the state’s latest stay-at-home order, holding a Sunday service with dozens of people. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s extension of the order, which took effect Friday and lifts May 30, allows for worship limited to groups of 10, along with other social distancing measures. Roughly 100 people attended The Beloved Church in Lena, according to...

A cruise performer from Rockford has been forced to stay confined to her cabin onboard the Celebrity Infinity cruise ship for over a month while the ship bounces between ports. Singer Julia Whitcomb has been working aboard the ship since December, but in mid-March, passengers were forced off the boat due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. In…