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ROCKFORD – The Rockford Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on the city’s west side. On Tuesday, Sept. 4, shortly before 10:30 p.m., officers responded to the 400 block of South Henrietta Avenue in reference to a…

ROCKFORD - Two local players are now weighing in on how the bidding process is panning out on a downtown development next to where the new library will be built. The adjacent property is at 227 N. Wyman St., the vacant commercial building…

OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) — A senior citizen living in LaSalle County is the first person to die in Illinois this year of West Nile virus. The person, who wasn't identified Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Public Health, became sick earlier…

ROCKFORD - Michael E. Mernack, the 37-year-old man charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, home invasion and aggravated battery in the brutal death of a Harlem High School student is guilty as charged. That's the verdict a…

The Frederickson family was very excited on that August morning in 1928. Arthur and Edith were the parents of three children; Roland, 15 years old, Rhoda, 13 years old and Reynold who was 11 at the time. The whole family had been invited by…

PHOENIX (AP) — A black hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of U.S. Sen. John McCain arrived at Arizona's Capitol on Wednesday for the first of two services before he is taken for the last time from the state he has represented since the…

By Paula Hendrickson Contributor Having covered Minding the Gap – the brilliant documentary film by former Rockfordian Bing Liu – last week, it felt like a good time to discuss the wealth of amazing documentaries on TV these days. Long ago,…

ROCKFORD - Aldermen on the Code & Regulation Committee on Monday night recommended approval of a 5.7-acre solar farm in south Rockford. The farm would be sited in a mixed-use area near 11th Street and Samuelson Road. There Stella Solar,…

ROCKFORD - Emotional testimony and bloody photographs were part of the murder trial of Michael Mernack Tuesday as the Winnebago County State's Attorney Office began arguing its case. Mernack, 37, is charged with first-degree murder,…

ROCKFORD - It's come full circle for a longtime local auto-repair business. Ricotta's Automotive returned to its original home at 325 Walnut St. downtown last year. That's where the business opened more than 40 years ago. The business…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has a vetoed bill that would have given public school teachers an annual minimum salary of $40,000 over the next five years. Legislators approved the bill in May for increasing the minimum…

(ASSOCIATED PRESS) - Following is a roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these…

UPDATE: Arizona Sen. John McCain died at 4:28 p.m. MST Saturday. His wife and other family members were with him. By Matthew Daly Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona Sen. John McCain has discontinued medical treatment for an…