Illinois announces harsher COVID-19 penalties, workplace protections
Gov. JB Pritzker announced harsher penalties for businesses, schools and childcare settings that don’t comply with state and local health…
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Rockford man charged related to Michigan Ave shooting
A Rockford man was arrested and charged on Thursday related to a July 31 shooting on Michigan Ave.…
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Freeport woman shot, killed in apartment Tuesday morning
A Freeport woman was shot and killed in an apartment early Tuesday morning. Freeport Police need the public’s…
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Rockford Park District allows boundary expansion to separate protesters, City Market attendees
The Rockford Park District will allow City Market to expand its boundaries to separate protesters and market…
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Winnebago County State’s Attorney calls Rep. Cabello’s comment ‘complicit in unlawful activity’
Winnebago County State’s Attorney Marilyn Hite Ross released a statement about State Rep. John Cabello’s comment on the protests over the…
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Gov. Pritzker announces community-based juvenile justice program
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton plan to transform the state’s juvenile justice system over the next four…
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Local health departments express concern over COVID-19 increases
All nine of Northern Illinois’s regional health departments expressed concern over COVID-19 in the region as Jo Daviess is at a warning level for the…
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Illinois sees highest number of cases in July, 11 counties at warning level
Illinois reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in July and moved 11 counties to a warning level including one in the stateline.…
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Police remove illegal guns, drugs, from community, charge seven
The Winnebago County State’s Attorney charge seven people on weapon and drug crimes after Rockford police began an effort to remove illegal drugs and…
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Adopt-a-Monarch program at Burpee to teach kids to love the planet
The Burpee Museum of Natural History kicked off a monarch adoption program that teaches local kids to love the…
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