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ROCKFORD — An emergency drill scheduled Thursday will give the staff at SwedishAmerican Hospital and other agencies practice in responding to a mass shooting.

ROCKFORD — The Rockford Public Library is hoping to wipe the slate clean for thousands of patrons. Sixty-two percent of the library’s 57,554 cardholders owe the library for overdue returns or lost items.

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CHICAGO — William Daley abruptly dropped out of the race for governor Monday, saying he wasn’t sure he wanted to devote time to a long campaign, then four years in office.

LOVES PARK — A $600,000 winning lottery ticket was sold in Loves Park.

ROCKFORD — Police are investigating after suspects in a blue Buick opened fire about 1:40 p.m. Monday in the area of Lee and Maple streets just outside the Fairgrounds Valley housing complex.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois corrections officials say they're expanding a program that changes the meal schedule for prison inmates.

ROCKFORD — Winnebago County Sheriff Dick Meyers announced today that he won't see reelection.

ROCKFORD — A boy playing with matches set his family’s home on fire at 11:43 p.m. Saturday, causing significant damage, Rockford Fire Department reports said.

The sun returns today, although a few clouds with dot the sky. Highs will reach the upper 60s, but overnight lows will be in the low to mid-40s.

GALESBURG — Years of delayed state payments are finally forcing a juvenile detention center in Galesburg to look at reducing service or closing its doors.
 

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