The Illinois Freedom Bell is rung 13 times at exactly 1 p.m. on July 4, 2023, in Mt. Morris, by residents and officials during the village's annual Let Freedom Ring celebration. (Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media)
Alexa Zoellner reports on Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Shaw Media out of the Dixon office. Previously, she worked for the Record-Eagle in Traverse City, Michigan, and the Daily Jefferson County Union in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.