Belvidere News

Sixth, seventh and eighth graders are learning how to teach pups some basic commands, plus, agility training.

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For the past few years, Chrysler's Mopar in-house tuning division has created its own one-off versions of several cars in the automaker's portfolio, including the Mopar '10 Challenger , Mopar '11 Charger and Mopar '12 300 .

Heritage Woods of Belvidere, a BMA affordable assisted living community, is hosting a Father's Day Cook-Out on Jan. 14. The community is the only senior living community in Boone County, Illinois, that is certified to operate through the Illinois Supportive Living program.

According to a recent study by the journal of pediatrics, the rise in prescription-drug use among adults has led to more poisonings among children.

Warner Linear, Belvidere, Ill, recently expanded their line of S-Track linear actuators with the addition of a new programmable model.

Adrian Cazares, 22 years old and known gang member of Belvidere, Illinois, was charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of cannabis .

On Friday, May 31, 2013 Belvidere Police arrested a woman in the 600 block of North Main Street in Belvidere on multiple drug charges.

There's no escaping construction delays on the Tri-State Tollway next week with interchange projects cropping up in three strategic locations that will affect about 112,650 drivers daily.

How many families get wobbly if a husband or wife goes out of town on business for a couple of days? Welcome to the world of Rob and Berni Bland, of Belvidere, Ill., two longtime members of the Illinois National Guard who have shipped out to such exotic locales as Japan, Africa and Fort Benning, Ga., during their 15 years of marriage.

The Detroit Three automakers are scaling back their annual summer production shutdowns to keep up with demand for top-selling models.

When he officially takes the reins in July, Byrd will leave his job of three years as principal at an almost all-white central Illinois high school with just 252 students and no English-language learners to head a struggling school with more than 3,400 students, most of whom are Hispanic or black, and one in five aren't proficient in English.

Before drivers take to the roads to begin the summer travel season this Memorial Day weekend, the Illinois Tollway is reminding drivers that the speed limit in construction work zones is 45 mph, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, regardless of whether workers are present.

Belvidere is one of four Chrysler plants to only be down for one week this summer instead of it's normal two week break.

The Dollar General Literacy program announced the awards of $2,000 to Ida Public Library in Belvidere and $1,000 to Polo Public Library District in Polo.