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Staff Report ROCKFORD - Two men wanted for allegedly shooting a dog and for questioning in a double homicide are now in custody. Kelvin Langston, 28, turned himself into police just after noon Friday. He's charged with aggravated…

By Michelle Chapman AP Business Writer Walmart is removing from its stores nationwide signs, displays or videos that depict violence following a mass shooting at one of its stores in Texas, though it has not changed its policy on gun…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A 29-year-old man, on Thursday, was sentenced to 12 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for firing a gun outside CherryVale Mall last year.  Marchello D. Johnson was found guilty of aggravated…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A third suspect has been charged in the June death of a Rockford man, police officials announced Thursday.  Dakota Graff, 21, is wanted on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, residential…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A 28-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries Thursday morning after being shot on the city's west side.  At approximately 11:45 a.m., patrol offers responded to shots-fired report in the 700 block of…

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's "very strongly" considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is serving a 14-year prison term on multiple federal corruption…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A double homicide Thursday morning on the city's west side appears to be a targeted act, according to the Rockford Police Department. Police say the incident unfolded just after 3:30 a.m., in the…

By Cole Lauterbach The Center Square SPRINGFIELD - Illinois’ state parks are getting what the state’s chief steward of public lands said is some much-needed attention as part of the new capital construction plan. That total statewide…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Local authorities are on the lookout for a group of suspects they say broke into a home occupied by three juveniles and an infant and stole property early Wednesday. According to Rockford Police Public…

Staff Report ROCKFORD -  The Rockford Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that occurred Tuesday on the city's east side. Police say at around 7:30 p.m., patrol officers responded to a local hospital in reference to…

By Matt Sedensky and John Seewer Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A man who fatally gunned down nine people outside a Dayton, Ohio, bar had long wrestled with mental illness that manifested itself in a fascination with tragedy,…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A longtime Rockford funeral director, on Monday, was sworn in as the new alderman of the city's Second Ward.  Tony Gasparini, owner of Tony Gasparini Funerals, will sit in for Jonathan Logemann,…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - The Rockford Police Department is reminding citizens of ways to prevent burglars from breaking into their homes and cars after two recent crimes appear to be related.   Those efforts include adding…

By Mathew Daily Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Newtown. Orlando. Parkland. And now after mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, Congress again is confronted with the question of what, if anything, lawmakers should do…