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You'll want to avoid the 1200 block of North Alpine Road until further notice today.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, there have been 1,642 house fire related fatalities so far this year--with 86 of them in Illinois.

Police confirm to our partners at Eyewitness News that two people are dead and three others are injured in an early morning crash on Riverside Boulevard: Investigators say that the car involved had been reported stolen. Five people were in the car when it was traveling eastbound and struck the bridge embankment...

ROCKTON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a 58-year-old Rockton woman was killed trying to save vehicles from a burning garage at her home. Anita Specht was found dead in a vehicle following the Thursday blaze. A spokesman for the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office says Specht was able to get one vehicle out of the garage and was trapped while trying to back out a second vehicle...

Rockford Police have made an arrest in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash from 2012. According to a press release, 36-year-old Anthony Adkins was taken into custody yesterday following a brief foot chase. His arrest follows a two-and-a-half year investigation by Rockford Police Traffic Investigators and the Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office...

Two people are dead and a third suffered injuries in an overnight shed fire just south of downtown Rockford. Officials say the roof had collapsed on a small brick structure by the time crews arrived on scene near the corner of Cedar and Winnebago...