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Halloween is just around the corner, and parents and children all around the Stateline are planning costumes and trick-or-treating festivities. I remember when I was young that trick-or-treating was done throughout the day! No more, of course...

There might be a break in the precipitation at this moment, but the threat for heavy rain and possible flash flooding continues in the Stateline. There is a Flash Flood Watch has in effect for all of Northern Illinois through tonight. The National Weather Service has a few more details here:   A Flash Flood Watch has been issued. Hav...

It was a crazy, deadly night in the stateline last night. Take a look at footage captured around the area:

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is slated to sign Wisconsin's right-to-work legislation into law today. Under the bill, workers cannot be forced to pay union dues. The measure cleared the Republican-led Legislature on Friday The state's top Republicans are calling for comprehensive immigration reform, but there have been few details about what that would entail ... Read More ...

Illinois will be getting a new prisons director. Governor Bruce Rauner has withdrawn his temporary appointment of Tony Godinez  as head of the Department of Corrections without explaining why. Godinez retired in December but stayed on during Rauner's transition ... Read More ...

Rockford Police Police say they found about 1,100 marijuana plants inside a Rockford bar. Authorities say officers were called to Fatty McGee's, in the 4800 block of E. State St, where they executed a search warrant and found the growing operation inside ... Read More ...

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he's "staying out of" the Chicago mayor's race.Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia are facing off April 7. Emanuel and Rauner are friends and worked together in the past, but the Governor is promising he will stay out of this race ... Read More ...

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 ...

The Kinnikinnick School District and its teachers' union have reached a tentative agreement on the terms of a 5-year-contract.  Our partners at Eyewitness News are reporting the Kinnikinnick Education Association plans to meet on Monday, February 23, 2015 and the Board of Education meets on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 to vote on the terms of the agreement ... 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 ...