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Some Boone County Board members want a more consistent appointment process to ensure that candidates aren’t rubber-stamped for government positions.

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ROCKTON — A Rockton dental clinic is doing its part to help people who lack access to basic dental care by offering free services on Friday on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Wednesday’s high in the Forest City topped out at 93 degrees, well above the norm of 85 degrees, but well short of Rockford’s July 17 record high of 104 degrees set in 1936.

Gov. Pat Quinn says $27 million in federal funds will be distributed to 44 community organizations that will help educate the public and push enrollment in the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace.

CHICAGO — Attorney General Lisa Madigan says her office is distributing $70 million to help Illinois communities hardest hit by the national foreclosure crisis.

The company's website said the power is expected to be restored by 6:15 p.m.

Sausage making is messy and apparently so, too, is figuring out what day to celebrate the hot dog.

ROCKFORD — At 11 a.m. it was already 87 degrees in Rockford, but the heat index says it feels more like 94.

The heat and humidity will continue to build today under sunny skies, with a high of 92 and a heat index around 100.

ROCKFORD — Representatives from a national firm specializing in school design and long-range planning told School Board members Tuesday that they could help them assess their needs and tell their story.