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.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
ROCKFORD — A 31-year-old Rockford woman has been charged with murder in connection with the July death of 63-year-old James Schoenherr.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareLOVES PARK — One of the men involved in a wild high-speed chase Tuesday afternoon in Boone and Winnebago counties is now facing charges of attempted aggravated kidnapping and attempted aggravated vehicular hijacking.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareROCKFORD — Fire crews responded to a blaze early Wednesday at a manufacturing building at 1111 Samuelson Road in Rockford.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareROCKFORD — The Rockford Park District pledged $6 million spread over 20 years Tuesday to expand its sports facilities and draw more athletes to town for tournaments and other competitions.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareLOVES PARK — Two men were apprehended after a two-county high-speed car chase.
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ROCKFORD — A 51-year-old man who pleaded guilty to armed robbery was sentenced to 22 years in prison, Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato announced Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSPRINGFIELD — Legislation cracking down on Illinois gun crime could add to the state's prison crowding and cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA Rockford Police Department effort to improve a racially imbalanced force and hire more officers who are from Rockford continues today with a recruitment blitz targeting residents and students.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOREGON — A Rockford man was sentenced to six years in prison for residential burglary.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareROCKFORD — Christopher Kyles dove for cover as dozens of rounds were fired from at least four guns, more than 40 people ran for their lives and the bloodied bodies of his friends and family fell around him.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOREGON — Engineers spent two days this week poring over The Eternal Indian statue, more commonly known as Black Hawk, in Lowden State Park in preparation for restoration work beginning next spring.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareROCKFORD — A year in which Rockford had appeared headed toward a reduction in the number of shots fired incidents has seen that progress evaporate, according to crime data released Wednesday at a monthly Compstat review.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA 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.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
POPLAR GROVE — The individuals connected to a five-day mulch fire in 2012 in rural Boone County must pay thousands of dollars and promise to never manufacture the material on the property again, according to a settlement reached last week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareROCKFORD — A South Beloit man is suing state officials, including Gov. Pat Quinn, over changes made last year to the Medicaid program that requires special approval for patients to use more than four prescription medications a month.
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More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSPRINGFIELD — The State Board of Education is announcing a series of public hearings as it re-examines school funding in Illinois.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDURAND — The Durand School District’s main source of local revenue is drying up. That means budget cuts, fee hikes and referendums asking voters to approve more tax dollars are all on the table.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareROCKFORD — A man accused of fatally shooting a woman, firing upon police and eluding capture for a week before being arrested in Tennessee will represent himself in court.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareROCKFORD — SwedishAmerican Health System officials cut the ribbon Wednesday on its new Regional Cancer Center, and the facility will open its doors to patients next week.
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More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMILWAUKEE — The federal government shutdown could leave America's craft brewers with a serious hangover.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareROCKFORD — When Jeremy Hissong saw a news report a couple weeks ago about the number of homeless students in the Rockford School District, he couldn’t let it go.
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More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareCHICAGO — Lawyers fighting a lawsuit by 25 same-sex couples seeking the right to marry in Illinois are making a new push to have the case dismissed.
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PECATONICA — Twenty-six motorists were cited Monday for failure to buckle up.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareROCKFORD — What do billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, Jefferson High School math instructor Brett Carlson and 16-year-old McKenzie Bollock have in common?
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareROCKFORD — A Machesney Park woman will continue her pursuit to marry her longtime fiancé who can’t talk or move because of a severe brain injury.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAURORA — Illinois officials are preparing for a massive effort that will give thousands of immigrants in the country illegally permission to drive.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA 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.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
ROCHELLE — A Rochelle man is in jail on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography.
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