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ROCKFORD — If the government shutdown continues into next week, United Technologies Corp. will begin furloughing workers in its UTC Aerospace Systems division.

ROCKFORD — A new wheelchair-accessible fishing pier was dedicated today in remembrance of Davey Johnson, an avid fisherman and advocate for people with disabilities.

ROCKFORD — Police have sealed off several blocks near downtown Rockford late this afternoon after a man who they were trying to serve a warrant barricaded himself inside a  building in the area of Palm and Court streets.

Rockford Police have made an arrest in Wednesday night's fatal hit and run crash that took the life of 51-year-old Todd Jackson of Rockford.

ROCKFORD — A recent Illinois Supreme Court decision means witnesses to the officer-involved shooting of Mark Anthony Barmore in 2009 have won one court battle but still face another.

A crash involving five vehicles sent one person to the hospital Thursday afternoon.

ROCKFORD — Jurors today ruled that Franklin T. Byrd is guilty in the 2009 killing of his mother.

ROCKFORD — A former Rockford School District employee has been charged with sexual abuse of two students younger than 13.

WASHINGTON — Police say the U.S. Capitol has been put on a security lockdown amid reports of possible shots fired outside the building.

ROCKFORD — About 4,600 ComEd customers in southeast Rockford lost power during a storm this morning.