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Local Activity Closings and Cancellations
Odd/Even parking ordinance in effect. Residents are reminded to park on the odd side of the street on odd-numbered days and even side of the street on even-numbered days.
Rep. Manzullo Secures $4.8 Million in Defense R&D Projects for Rockford-Area Manufacturers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Ill. , issued the following news release: Congressman Don Manzullo announced today he has secured $4.8 million in federal funds for northern Illinois manufacturers working on advanced research and development projects for the Department of Defense.
Rockford, Ill., the third largest city in the state with about 155,000 residents, lies about 70 miles west of Chicago on the banks of the Rock River.
Maya's House Benefit Concert in Loves Park
Voices rise in song tonight at a Loves Park church to help raise money for a stateline daycare known for helping the homeless.
Crusader Community Health To Announce Plans For Fourth Location
Crusader Community Health will make an announcement of an over five million dollar grant received through Federal Recovery Act funds to develop a new clinic in Loves Park.
Police Need Help Finding Missing Teen
Winnebago County Sheriff's Police need help finding a missing teen. Peyton Borden has been missing since september 23rd after he ran away from the Winnebago County Courthouse during a custody case.
ComEd Employee Wins National Award
" ComEd External Affairs Manager Paul Callighan has been selected winner of the ComEd Excellence in Customer Service Award for exemplary work involving several public affairs issues in the Rockford area.
Editor's note: Information in Police Briefs is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department and city police departments.
Carving Back Thanksgiving Shopping Costs
This holiday season, many Stateline shoppers are thinking as much about the dinging of cash registers, as they are the ringing of Santa's sleigh.
Hershey, Ferrero Confirm Interest in Cadbury
Cadbury remains on the chopping block as chocolate makers Hershey and Ferrero Internaltional consider making bid to buy the company.
Local Manufacturer's Business Isn't Going Down The Drain In the Downturn
At a time when many other local companies are treading water.. one local manufacturer is capitalizing on the commodity to help continue to boost its bottom line.
Gubernatorial Candidates Debate in Loves Park
With a little more than three months to go before February's primary, gubernatorial candidates are making sure we here in Rockford know who they are.
The following court records of charges that originated in Downers Grove were provided by the circuit clerk's office.
Loves Park Foster Parent Faces Abuse Charges
Walter Hammond remains in jail tonight and facing seven counts of battery involving foster children.
Farmers making headway, but rain has left them weeks behind
Improved weather is causing some long but welcome days for Illinois farmers, who often put in 16-hour days as they work to bring in the harvest.
Social worker's skill putting rage to rest
Deacon Reggie Brenmark-French performs a healing prayer and anointing for Dawn DiVenti during a healing service for U.S. Army Reserve social worker and Rockford native Dorothy "Dorie" Carskadon at St.
Supermarkets retool to serve at-home cooks
Regina Gordon had just started her grocery shopping at Logli last week when she stumbled upon a new idea for dinner.
More Rockford Residents are Uninsured
"I just don't see too well and I put up with it" An outdated glasses prescription is just one of several sacrifices Charles Worboys says he makes in order to survive without health insurance.
Loves Park Grocery Grab Challenge
Loves Park Street Manager, Shannon Messenger was put up to that exact challenge, participating in a stateline style "Super Market Sweeps." Except this one was the Loves Park Lions Club "Grocery Grab". It kicked-off at the Valli Produce in Loves Park this morning.
If you've lifted your IFS vehicle, there are a few things you're probably already living with that you wish you weren't. One may be vibration coming from the front drive axle assembly.
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