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ROCKFORD — Erin Merryn had been thinking the words for years — the words that could have set her free from her abuser. She just couldn’t say them.

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CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to hear his appeal of a ruling that his veto of money for lawmaker salaries was unconstitutional.

ROCKFORD — A Winnebago County judge has dismissed a Machesney Park woman’s petition to marry her longtime fiancé, who can’t say “I do” because of a severe brain injury.

ROCKFORD — There are 18,000 Rockford public school students who take a bus to school each day.

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ROCKFORD — A Winnebago County judge has dismissed a Machesney Park woman's petition to marry her longtime fiance, who can't say 'I do' because of a severe brain injury.

Two men who ran from police were chased down and arrested Tuesday after an investigation by the Rockford Police Department’s narcotics unit.

CHICAGO — An appeals court says ComEd must refund almost $37 million to its northern Illinois customers.

CHICAGO — Attorney General Lisa Madigan is warning people shopping for health insurance on a new online marketplace not to become the victim of scam artists.

A warming trend will heat things up around here as early as Monday!  Highs will climb into the middle 70s.  A return to the lower 80s is forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday.  The sun will be with us that entire time, but the threat for rain returns by the end of the week - See more at: http://addins.wrex.com/blogs/weather/2013/09/another-warm-up#sthash.R5lHGv3V.dpuf
A warming trend will heat things up around here as early as Monday!  Highs will climb into the middle 70s.  A return to the lower 80s is forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday.  The sun will be with us that entire time, but the threat for rain returns by the end of the week. - See more at: http://addins.wrex.com/blogs/weather/2013/09/another-warm-up#sthash.R5lToday will feature plenty of sunshine with a high temperature in the low 72. The low wilToday will feature plenty of sunshine with a high temperature in the low 72. The low will be 48.

All eyes on a summer-ending storm system that will arrive Friday night.

ROCKFORD — It was Day 1 of the federal government shutdown, but 67 Rockford Housing Authority employees stayed on the job.