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  • Sales tax hearing tonight in Rock Falls

    ROCK FALLS – The first of three public hearings on the half-cent sales tax proposed by the city for road improvements will be conducted tonight.
    Feb. 25, 2015 - 10:04 am

  • Rock Falls officials: Water, sewer reserves only about $1 million

    ROCK FALLS – There’s a big difference between restricted and unrestricted funds when dealing with municipal budgets.
    Feb. 25, 2015 - 9:19 am

  • Former Dixon inmate wins millions in lottery drawing

    CHICAGO – A former inmate of the Dixon Correctional Center is now a multimillionaire.Jesus Davila Jr ...
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 10:08 pm

  • 'Eyesore' building on Morris Street in Morrison razed

    MORRISON – A dilapidated apartment building that has raised safety concerns within the city for several years was torn down Tuesday.
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 7:48 pm

  • AFC board votes to close middle school

    ASHTON – Beginning next school year, students will not be attending classes at Ashton-Franklin Center Middle School in Franklin Grove. How long that w ...
    Feb. 25, 2015 - 9:20 am

  • Mayoral candidate to speak at business event

    DIXON – Mayoral candidate Liandro Arellano Jr. will speak during the meeting of the Dixon Generation Success Business Club from 5:30-7:30 p.m. today a ...
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 10:03 pm

  • Expo for convicted felons draws more than 300

    ROCK FALLS – More than 300 offenders, and about 40 different community organizations, attended the Summit of Hope at Harvest Time Bible Church in Rock ...
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 4:05 pm

  • Bivins bill aimed at school security is revamped and reintroduced

    DIXON – Shortly after the state's 99th General Assembly was sworn in last month, state Sen. Tim Bivins said a major focus for him would be a bill aime ...
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 11:30 pm

  • Sterling teacher, accused of attempted murder, still on paid leave

    STERLING – A Sterling teacher accused of attempted murder remains on paid administrative leave with Sterling schools while he sits in jail.
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 11:22 pm

  • Morrison cuts back plans for wastewater plant

    MORRISON – Regulators are looking at revised plans for the city's new wastewater treatment plant that would reduce its scale and capacity by about 30 ...
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 10:54 pm

  • Two die of heroin overdose since Saturday, police say

    DIXON – Since Saturday, two people in Dixon have died of a heroin overdose, police say. A 25-year-ol ...
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 5:48 pm

  • Dixon woman dies of suspected heroin overdose; mother, son held in connection

    DIXON – A mother and son are in Lee County Jail today, charged with concealing evidence in a suspected heroin overdose, Dixon police said in a news re ...
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 2:34 pm

  • Flight attendants celebrate 25 years of smoke-free flights

    CHICAGO (AP) — Flight attendants have celebrated the 25th anniversary of the in-flight smoking ban.M ...
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 10:13 am

  • Rockford City Council OKs $5 million for jet-repair facility

    ROCKFORD (AP) — Rockford's city council has approved spending $5 million to help a $41 million jet-repair facility set up at Chicago Rockford Internat ...
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 10:11 am

  • IUDs, hormone implants growing more popular among U.S. women

    CHICAGO (AP) – Long-acting but reversible methods of birth control are becoming increasingly popular ...
    Feb. 24, 2015 - 1:15 am

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