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A key vote is coming tonight on a major jet repair center coming to Rockford. The AAR as the Winnebago County Board will be decide on funding for the AAR during the meeting. The jet repair center promises to bring at least 500 jobs to Rockford to start, however it needs a facility at Rockford's airport ... Read More ...

Belvidere's Superintendent is not moving to Iowa. Dr. Michael Houselog is remaining in the district after not being picked during the final interview process in the school district near Des Moines, Iowa. Houselog has been a superintendent in Belvidere since 2007 ... Read More ...

A spokesman for Illinois's child-welfare agency says Governor Bruce Rauner is already making changes so wards of the state get better treatment. Rauner is under new pressure from the ACLU, which is asking a federal court to take quick action to address what it calls "dangerously inadequate" care and services at DCFS ... Read More ...

The City of Rockford Public Works Department began salting arterial routes during the morning rush today. Decisions about further deployment will be made, as needed, according to a press release. Drivers are urged to give the snowplows distance, to allow them room to back up if needed ... Read More ...

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says it's wrong to force state employees to pay union dues when they don't join. The governor has signed an executive order to eliminate so-called "fair share" dues for public sector workers. The order has no effect on state workers who want to be in a union ... Read More ...

The City of Beloit has declared a snow emergency effective at 11 p.m. tonight that will last until 11 a.m. tomorrow morning.During the snow emergency declaration, the parking or standing of any vehicle on a city street is prohibited. The city asks that you park vehicles in a driveway or in an approved off-street parking lot ... Read More ...

The Loves Park Police Department has arrested a Rockford man who fled from police earlier this week with two small children in his car. 44-year-old Richard Hernandez was pulled over in the 6500 block of N. Alpine Road yesterday. As the officer approached, Hernandez accelerated away ... Read More ...

A Rockford man has been arrested and charged after he tried to burn down a house with a woman and four children inside. The Rockford fire department responded yesterday morning after 42-year-old Fred S. Curtis, 42 poured flammable liquid on the front and back porch of the house and set it on fire ... Read More ...

A Galesburg man who has been convicted of multiple sexual assaults between 2008 and 2010 has been sentenced to 32 years behind bars. According to a press release, 42-year-old Dewayne Jackson was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault involving a family member under the age of 18...

A man suspected of sexually abusing a 14-year-old Janesville girl appeared in court this afternoon. 30-year-old Justin Jones entered a plea of not guilty after being charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Jones, who lives in Ridgeway, Wisconsin reportedly drove to Janesville to pick the girl up from her home on Friday ... Read More ...