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Illinoisans moving early to sign up for health insurance on a new marketplace are running into a few anticipated glitches.

ROCKFORD — New charges were announced Tuesday for an 18-year-old man charged in a fatal Sunday night crash while driving a stolen vehicle.

MACHESNEY PARK — The village’s JCPenney Outlet is here to stay, but it will get a new name. SB Capital Group LLC has acquired 15 JCPenney Outlet Stores from J.C. Penney Co. Inc., including the Machesney Park store.

SOUTH BELOIT — A pair of brothers are facing felony home invasion charges after South Beloit Police Department officers say they broke into a house and battered the home owner about 1:16 a.m. Monday at 5668 Fairway Drive.

ROCKFORD — A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death in what Winnebago County Sheriff’s Police suspect may have been a domestic violence homicide.

A significant surge of warm air is in store today and Wednesday, followed by some significant rainfall Thursday through Saturday.

ROCKFORD — The city won the right to reduce its firefighting staff in an arbitration decision announced Monday.

ROCKFORD — If you’re uninsured, researching your health care options should get a little easier today.

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ROCKFORD — Was Anthony D’Agostino a well-meaning businessman whose company was washed away by the Great Recession tidal wave or a deceptive schemer whose company collapsed when he couldn’t find new investors to pay off older ones?

ROCKFORD — Franklin T. Byrd had begun to mumble to himself, stopped eating and preferred to sit in darkened rooms alone rather than speak with family members in the weeks before his mother was shot to death.