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ROCKFORD - City of Rockford administration, on Monday, proposed a balanced $156.8 million for 2019. Monday's presentation was part of an information-only session. Aldermen have until March 30, 2019 to approve a spending plan.…

ROCKFORD - The Better Business Bureau continues to monitor the proceedings which have led to Sears Holdings filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, Oct. 15. "The filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy has been included on the BBB…

ROCKFORD - Grant Wojahn, of Loves Park, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison Monday for producing child pornography on social media. Wojahn, 37, admitted in June that he used Facebook Messenger to bait girls into sending him nude…

ROCKFORD - The man shot and killed Wednesday on the city's west side has been identified as 35-year-old Prince Chatman, police reported Thursday. Chatman was found at around 4 p.m., inside an SUV in the area of Chestnut Street and Johnson…

DEKALB - Northern Illinois University will be the fourth research hub for the Illinois Innovation Network. This hub will be part of a research network that spans three University of Illinois campuses, each focused on different subjects.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a case about the government's ability to detain certain immigrants after they've served sentences for committing crimes in the United States. Several justices expressed concerns…

ROCKFORD - More than 10 years after it was last held, the Mayor’s Hunger Luncheon will return Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cliffbreakers Riverside Conference Center. Mayor Tom McNamara will deliver the keynote address,…

ROCKFORD - The National Resource Network (NRN) on Monday presented a detailed set of recommendations to the Rockford City Council to help leaders close a projected seven-year budget gap of $81 million. The city’s 2018 general fund…

ROCKFORD - Magic Waters will fly a new banner in 2019. The Rockford Park District Board of Commissioners has approved a lease agreement that allows Six Flags Entertainment Corporation to operate the water park next year. This lease…

ROCKFORD - The 42-year-old man arrested for vandalizing the Republican headquarters downtown is now charged with battery and resisting a peace officer. What led to the new charges against Damm is currently unknown. He was arrested Friday.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday night as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Senate, captivated the nation and…

CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago Police officer was convicted of second-degree murder Friday in the 2014 shooting of a black teenager that was captured on shocking dashcam video that showed him crumpling to the ground in a hail of 16 bullets…

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — The Vietnam veteran and disbarred lawyer accused of shooting seven law enforcement officers, killing one, bragged online about his marksmanship and love for the "smell of gunpowder" in the years before the deadly…

UPDATE: The male victim in Wednesday's shooting is identified as Jarvis Wilder, 28, of Rockford. ROCKFORD - A fatal shooting that occurred on Rockford's east side Wednesday night is now a murder investigation, Rockford Police spokesmen…