Ald. Mark Bonne was cruising to an easy victory over a political newcomer in Tuesday's Democratic primary to win a second term on Rockford City Council representing the 14th Ward on the city's ...

Known locally as the Bonne Mère ("Good Mother"), she is 11.2 metres tall and her crown towers 225 metres above the Mediterranean Sea. She received her last coat of gold leaf in 1989, but wind, the sea ...