ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A house fire Thursday night sent one person to a hospital and caused tens of thousands of dollars in ...

A Rockford man has been charged in connection with a January killing. Sincer Burns, 20, faces two counts of first-degree ...

A new bill would allow Illinois community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees in high-demand fields. Trump’s endorsement ...

“Drink your milk. And behave yourself,” she said. “I was always told I would live to this age because I was born on a farm ...

Rockford native Carlos Polk is back with the Dallas Cowboys, the team he finished his NFL playing career with. Polk was ...

As the clock ticks down to the consolidated primary election on Feb. 25, Gina Meeks and Carrie Crosby face off to represent ...

A Rockford activist is bringing two musicians together to help raise funds for a gun violence prevention. Bob Babcock has his ...

Midway Village Museum ushered in the grand opening of a new Camp Grant exhibit Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The ...

Two men have been charged in connection with separate drug-induced deaths in Rockford. Ricky McGowens, 46, and Matthew Alexander, 34, both of Rockford, have each been charged with drug-induced ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 9,526 ...

Popular local musician and mentor Mark Johnson died tragically in a car accident on Highway 82 at the Buffalo Valley turn-off this past Saturday, Feb. 15.

A recent economic forecast for Illinois from Moody’s Analytics shows some trouble ahead. The “State of Illinois Economic Forecast, February 2025,” compiled for the Illinois Commission on Government Fo ...