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Yesterday | WIFR

Rockford Crime Stoppers 6/30

Rockford Area Crime Stoppers would like to take this opportunity to thank the management and staff at Channel 23 for giving us an outlet to bring you the information that we need to help local law enforcement authorities solve crimes and bring criminals to justice.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WIFR

Man sentenced in Winnebago County kidnapping

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.

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Related Topix: Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

WIFR

Winn. Sheriff Warned Rail Companies About Washed Out Tracks

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

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The Daily Gazette

Unemployment rising again in Illinois metro areas

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.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL, Boone County, IL, Belvidere, IL

Sat Jun 27, 2009

UTU News

Couple: 911 call should have stopped derailment

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.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Government Technology

Reverse 911, Not Sirens, Alert Residents of Train Derailment, Fire

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.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Cbs2chicago.com

Sheriff: 911 Calls Came Well Before Derailment

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.

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Related Topix: Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL, Train Disaster, Explosion

Mon Jun 22, 2009

WIFR

Victim Killed by Train Derailment Identified

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

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Related Topix: Cherry Valley, IL, Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

Sun Jun 21, 2009

WIFR

Winnebago County Tornado Siren Tests

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

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Hawk Eye

Tank railcars blow up in derailment, 1 killed

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.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

Sat Jun 20, 2009

WEHT-TV Evansville

Train Derails in Fiery Explosion, Killing One

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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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

Hugh Hewitt

1 dead from train derailment northwest of Chicago

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

WIFR

Rockford Crime Stoppers 6/16

Each week you hear us say Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest or solves a crime and we mean what we say.

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Related Topix: Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Associated Content

Emerging Markets

Value-Shop has become a name upon which the community at large associates with being a company with the best interest of its employees and the people who are our customers.

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Related Topix: Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

Thu Jun 11, 2009

Market Wire

Crystal Signs Agreement and Partners up With Union Trades Department AFL-CIO

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 ...

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Related Topix: Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

Tue Jun 09, 2009

WIFR

Crime Report

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.

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Sun Jun 07, 2009

WIFR

Capital Plan Still Needs Governor's Signature

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.

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Fri Jun 05, 2009

WIFR

Are you prepared for a disaster?

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

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

WIFR

Winnebago County judge sentences man for Vehicular Hijacking

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

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Tue Jun 02, 2009

WIFR

Winnebago County Sounds The Alarm For Tornado Sirens

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

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