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OREGON — Jessie Whalen has been around horses all her life, but she started working at White Pines Ranch at 14 to overcome her fear of them.
 

After a cool start, high temperatures will top out around 15 degrees cooler than average for the last Sunday in July.

St. James Catholic Church in Rockford will continue to celebrate 160 years at two Masses today (8:30 and 11:15 a.m.) and at a picnic this afternoon.

ROCKFORD — Contestants from BET’s gospel singing competition show “Sunday’s Best” performed Saturday in Davis Park.

ROCKFORD — Emergency responders see it happen too often. People dial 911 when a loved one suffers a heart attack or stroke. They know the basic information about the family member’s medical history but can’t remember specifics — the medication the person takes or the number of a primary care physician, for example.

ROCKFORD — A spate of violence this month has Rockford reeling after the city racked up eight homicides.

ROCKFORD — Empowering witnesses of gang crimes to break the unwritten code of silence and help restore order to their community.

ROCKFORD — Recasting the old Ingersoll factory downtown into an indoor sports center by 2015 may cost millions of dollars more than first thought.

INSIDE: How Rockford is paying for it

Those battling cancer in the Rockford area will soon have better access to support programs and services.

SPRINGFIELD — The lure of potentially thousands of jobs for an economically distressed part of the state has some people anxiously waiting for the start of horizontal hydraulic fracturing in Illinois.