Winnebago County News

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Winnebago County Statea s Attorney Joe Bruscato announced today that on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 MARK W. JOHNSON pled guilty to the offense of Kidnapping and was sentenced to 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections by Honorable Judge Rosemary Collins.

New details are emerging into what may have caused Friday night's deadly train derailment in southeast Rockford.

Unemployment rose in most Illinois metropolitan areas in May,as the shrinking economy kept factories idle and spurred new belt-tightening among businesses throughout the state, officials said Thursday.

There is anger and frustration over a deadly train derailment and explosion in Rockford that some say should have been prevented, according to Mike Parker reporting on the CBS2 Web site.

When a train carrying tank cars of ethanol derailed Friday and caught fire in Winnebago County, Ill., officials decided to use the county's reverse 911 system to warn residents rather than newly installed sirens.

Jun 23, 2009 5:28 pm US/Central ROCKFORD, Ill. The Winnebago County sheriff's office confirmed Tuesday that four 911 calls were placed as much as 25 minutes before the deadly train derailment and explosion in Rockford, and two were received by railway operators.

Cherry Valley fire fighters tell us they're doing a final count on the injured, after Friday night's fatal train derailment.

Don't be alarmed if you hear tornado sirens go off this week in Winnebago County.

Scott Morgan/The Rockford Register-Star A vehicle burns near a train derailment Friday on Mulford Road just north of Sandy Hollow Road in Rockford, Ill.

Eighteen rail cars, all containing highly flammable ethanol, left the tracks Friday in a fire explosion that killed one woman in Rockford Illinois, Northwest of Chicago.

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Crystal Properties Holding, Inc. signed a Construction Project Labor Agreement for the future ROCKFORD RIVER DISTRICT DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION program in Rockford, Illinois with the Craft Local Unions Affiliated with the Building & Construction Trades Department AFL-CIO. In an interview with RWG, The Union President and Business Representative and ...

A coalition of area leaders released the findings of several town hall meetings on violence last year, as part of their effort to crack-down on crime.

For the first time in ten years a capital plan is ready for the governor's signature, but with the state facing about a 12 billion dollar budget deficit.

Some community members in Winnebago County are looking to take a more hands on approach to make sure our neighborhoods are safe.

A 19-year-old man is sentenced to more than a decade in prison for Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking.

If you live in Winnebago County and heard a loud siren this morning you were not hearing things.