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Businesses wanting to grow or sell medical marijuana in Illinois have until three o'clock today to get their applications in to state agencies. Illinois expects to grant up to 21 permits for cultivation centers and up to 60 permits for dispensaries ... Read More ...

Due to the unseasonably chilly weather and the chance of rain during market hours, Rockford City Market has been cancelled today. A second victim has died in a DIxon car crash. The accident took place yesterday afternoon on Route 2 at Frontage Road ... Read More ...

A man remains in custody after allegedly assaulting a security guard at a Rockford Denny’s.  Police were called to the scene at the E. State Street location at about 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning.  The victim told police he was pushed to the ground during an altercation and that the suspect stole his gun out of his holster ... Read More ...

A rollover accident in Winnebago County that sent one man to the hospital on Monday is suspected to involve alcohol. The crash happened around 5:30pm yesterday at the intersection of Stateline and Crowley roads in Durand. Illinois State Police say the pick-up truck was traveling eastbound when the driver lost control and struck a mail box, causing his car to flip ... Read More ...

Prosecutors have filed new charges in a deadly hit and run last December on East State street. 22-year-old Tyler McCullough, who police allege was the driver, now faces two felony counts of hit and run and failure to report an accident. Police originally arrested 49-year-told Dean McCullough ... Read More ...

Winnebago County authorities say a Rockford woman has died after being struck by a vehicle fleeing from police. A Winnebago County coroner says 42-year-old Karen Williams of Rockford died yesterday after being hospitalized in critical condition for a week ... Read More ...

The cause of death for a Stateline area man reportedly killed by his son has been released. Rock County Officials say Bruce Hemmy was killed by blunt force trauma consistent with being hit with a hammer. Investigators say 30-year old Peter Hemmy turned himself into Beloit Police shortly after the incident took place ... Read More ...

Rockford Police officers have arrested a suspect in an early morning vehicle burglary. They discovered that the individual was attempting to sell a Nintendo DS game on the street that had been stolen from a car in the 1900 block of Kishwaukee street ... Read More ...

Beloit police are investigating a death they say is a domestic-related homicide. Officers were called to a residence early this morning. Officials say that when officers arrived on the scene, 30 year old Peter Hemmy implicated himself in the killing of his father, Bruce Hemmy ... Read More ...

A 25-year-old Rockford man left paralyzed from the waist down after a deadly crash has been booked into the Winnebago County Jail. Drakkar Malone is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI in the March crash that killed 17-year-old passenger Robert Lee Wilson ... Read More ...