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The nativity scene, complete with baby Jesus and Mary and Joseph, and even the animals, all comes to life right here in Rockford.

That means the odd/even parking rules are in effect. All cars need to be on the even numbered side of the street by 9pm Sunday.

Grooming your dog is an important aspect in pet care and maintenance. For healthy skin and coat, your dog needs regular baths, brushing and combing along with clipping the nails, cleaning the ears and brushing the teeth for good oral hygiene.

When choosing a healthy diet for your best canine companion, it can be difficult to know the best food options for your pet's long-term well-being.

The new county plat book was produced by Rockford Map Publishers, located in Rockford, Ill.

NEW YORK - Illinois' Department of Transportation and CN are negotiating an infrastructure improvement plan and budget for starting passenger rail service linking Chicago and Rockford, Ill., northwest of Chicago, by the end of 2015, according to the National Association of Railroad Passengers .

Dozens of animals that would've been homeless and hungry are now healthy thanks to the efforts of a local bar.

The Chicago Rockford International Airport says the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds have confirmed RFD on their schedules.

Rockford police are ramping up their efforts to put gang members behind bars. It seems like just about every week for the past few months we've told you about cops arresting another alleged gang member.

The Kody Walsh murder trial has been delayed. Walsh is the Rockford man accused of killing Lori Daniels of Afton, Wisconsin on I-90 in September of 2012.

A group of entrepreneurs is hoping a T-shirt will improve thousands of lives here in Rockford and across the world.

The Rockford Handmade Market show continues to grow as in its forth year vendor and crowds sizes are both increasing according to organizers.

Matthew L. Hunsaker, MD, has been named campus dean for the Medical College of Wisconsin - Green Bay.

Photo: Tim and Christine Carey with sons Dylan, 3, and Gavin, 6. The family lives in Shabbona, Ill.

MLive.com reports the creation, named "From Seed to the Senses," is being shown off Thursday evening at the brewery Comstock Township, near Kalamazoo.

With the fight over solving Illinois' worst-in-the-nation pension shortfall moving to the courts, the state faces a grim possibility: The plan could be tossed, and Illinois could wind up in an even deeper fiscal hole.

Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden has been awarded a matching grant of $10,000 by the Carroll H. Starr Endowment Challenge Grant of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois According to Klehm Executive Director Daniel Riggs, the grant will be used to build the Bur Oak Endowment Fund dedicated to the operating support for the Klehm Arboretum & ... (more)

Belvidere Police Chief Jan Noble has announced the enforcement results for the Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program Thanksgiving Day Campaign.

This past month Rockford University graduate students have been collecting books for their class project.

The Palatine village council this week authorized Village Manager Reid Ottesen to begin negotiating a contract with a Rockford-based real estate firm hoping to redevelop the former Menard's site on Rand Road.