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By Greg Bishop SPRINGFIELD - An interim annual financial report shows Illinois spent more in the previous fiscal year than it collected in revenue despite claims from elected officials that the state's budget was balanced. A public…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Next Rockford, at 7:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 13, will host a forum featuring Winnebago County state’s attorney candidates in place of its monthly general membership meeting at the YWCA Northwestern Illinois.…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Autism Home Support Services (AHSS), on Wednesday, announced that it has opened a new autism therapy center in Rockford. At 7177 Crimson Ridge Road, the AHSS Autism Center offers applied behavior analysis (ABA)…

By Steve Peoples, Kathleen Ronayne and Hunter Woodall Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's presidential primary election Tuesday night, narrowly edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - The 2020 Rockford Auto Show kicked off Tuesday inside the CherryVale Mall, 7200 Harrison Ave., Rockford. The show runs through Feb. 16. “We are thrilled to once again partner with the New Car Dealers…

By Steve Peoples, Kathleen Ronayne and Hunter Woodall Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Polls closed across New Hampshire Tuesday night as fiery progressive Bernie Sanders fought for Democratic front-runner status in the…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Dr. Michael Fumo, of Rockford Urological Associates, joined physicians from the Cleveland Clinic and from the medical schools at Stanford University and UW-Madison to publish a prostate cancer study in…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Winnebago County Judge Randy Wilt, on Tuesday, sentenced a 31-year-old man to almost two decades behind  bars. David Ramal Stephens was sentenced to 18 years in prison for residential burglary after pleading…

By Rebecc Anzel Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO - Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert Thomas, a former placekicker with the Chicago Bears, will retire from his seat on the bench effective Feb. 29. He plans to join the Chicago-based…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A former Cherry Valley Police officer will be going to prison for having sex with a minor who participated in the Police Explorers program. Jason B. Personette, 37, was sentenced Monday to a total…

By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – An estimated 2,500 children and young adults in Illinois who had been in the custody of the state’s foster care system within the last year abruptly lost their health coverage on Feb.…

By Andrew Taylor Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan on Monday that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps and Medicaid to…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - NW HomeStart and the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois (CFNIL) are accepting applications for the Neighborhood Grants Program until 5 p.m. on Monday, April 1. The program is available to…

By Deb Riechmann Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The decorated soldier and national security aide who played a central role in the Democrats' impeachment case against President Donald Trump was escorted out of the White House…