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ROCKFORD — A Machesney Park man is still in jail this week after being charged with 17 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and one count of child pornography possession linked to a 13-year-old girl.

ROCKFORD — A man is dead after an estimated one-ton bundle of steel fell on him this morning at Columbia Pipe and Supply Co., 5730 Columbia Parkway.

They're well paid and competition isn't fierce. That's why  Rockford is the sixth best  place in the U.S. for veterinarians to work., according to a new survey. 

ROCKFORD — Isaac Jaimes watched Thursday as prosecutors called their star witness against him: A 17-year-old version of himself captured on video.

CHICAGO — Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka says she has no choice but to withhold paychecks from Illinois lawmakers.

PECATONICA — The makeover of a recreation trail that spans more than 12 miles from west Rockford to the Stephenson County line, and eventually much further, is nearly complete.

Money from the $25 billion national foreclosure settlement with the nation’s biggest mortgage servicers has started to trickle into the Rockford area.
HomeStart, a Rockford and Freeport housing assistance nonprofit, has received a $2.5 million grant from Illinois’ share of the settlement.

HARVARD — Police are investigating the deaths of two teenagers after responding to the backyard of a Harvard residence about 1 a.m. Thursday.

Today will be gorgeous once again with highs in the upper 70s to around 80. Lots of sunshine with a gentle breeze from the southwest.

ROCKFORD — A vehicle believed to have been used in a shooting outside the Blackhawk Courts housing complex Tuesday night was found abandoned.