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A Rockford woman faces several charges after she rammed a Rockford Police Department squad car twice with the car she was driving. Police charged 21-year-old Julia Jensen of Rockford with domestic battery and aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol among other charges ... Read More ...

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is expected to propose spending cuts and a new tax on some services during his budget address tomorrow. The speech is likely to set up a battle with Democrats who want to raise income tax rates that rolled back at the start of 2015 ... 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 ...

A Belvidere dog will be competing at this year's Westminster Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show in New York. Kent and Gwen Meyer, who own Meyer's Tails Up Farm, will be featuring Ash, a soft coated wheaten terrier. Westminster Dog Show will be held next Monday and Tuesday ... 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 ...

A Rockford woman who has been charged with supporting terrorism has been arrested in Germany. 42-year-old Jasminka Ramic of Rockford was arrested yesterday and is facing federal charges of funneling money and military supplies to extremist groups in Iraq and Syria ... Read More ...

A jury has taken less than two hours to convict a Freeport teen of first degree murder in the shooting death of another man two years ago. The jury convicted 18-year-old Traveontaye Berry of killing Cary Green Junior, who suffered four gunshot wounds to the chest, with one of them going through his heart in October of 2014 ... 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 ...

So, how much snow fell? Here are some preliminary amounts as of 12:01 a.m. Monday from the National Weather Service.