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By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly ramming a vehicle into two local businesses. Richard Overcash, 56, is charged with attempted burglary and criminal damage of property in two…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - The Rockford Police Department is investigating after a truck rammed into a Rockford business. Shortly before 5 a.m., Wednesday, June 12, officers responded to J & F Tobacco, 2410 S. Alpine Road, in…

By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill to expand abortion protections in Illinois, a move that comes while some Republican-led states try to restrict the procedure. The law establishes abortion as…

By Marcy Gordon AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of both parties on Tuesday suggested legislation may be necessary for the financially-struggling U.S. news industry as lawmakers began a bipartisan investigation into the…

By Linda Deutsch Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twenty-five years after the grisly killings that transformed him from Hall of Fame football hero to murder suspect, 71-year-old O.J. Simpson says he is happy and healthy living in Las…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - The 19-year-old man killed in a shooting last Friday has been identified as Trequan Stamper-Ashford, the Winnebago County Coroner's Office announced Tuesday. Police say the shooting happened around 11 p.m.,…

By Jill Colvin, Colleen Long and Maria Verza Associated Press STERLING, Va. (AP) — Three days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Mexico to stem the flow of migrants at the southern border, the two countries appear…

By David Crary AP National Writer As the Roman Catholic church's sex abuse scandal grows ever wider in scope in the U.S., bishops convene for a national meeting in Baltimore on Tuesday under heavy pressure to acknowledge their oversight…

Staff Report SPRINGFIELD - When Rob Jeffreys became the new director of the Illinois Department of Corrections on June 1, he inherited a system plagued by overcrowding, crumbling infrastructure and other problems. Among those problems…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - The Rockford Police Department, on Wednesday, will host its first block party of the season at the Eighth Avenue Strong Neighborhoods House, 908 Eighth Ave. The United Way of Rock River Valley and KFACT have…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A former Rockford officer will not serve jail time for obstructing in a domestic battery case involving her cousin. Christina N. Perez, 28, of Machesney Park, pleaded guilty Monday to official…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A 19-year-man was pronounced dead in a shooting that occurred on Rockford's west side Friday night. Police say the shooting happened around 11 p.m., in 300 block of Albert Ave. Officers were called to the…

By Jill Colvin, Matthew Lee and Luis Alonso Lugo Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced late Friday that he had suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, tweeting that the country "has agreed to take…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Two men have been indicted for allegedly slamming a vehicle into one occupied by an assistant deputy chief of the Rockford Police Department on the near-east side earlier this year. The incident happened on…