On the morning of June 9, 1966, an unknown assailant carefully slipped out of a home in far-north Rockford and disappeared, ...

Deputies said bystanders at the scene had acted quickly and pulled one of the drivers from a vehicle before it caught on fire ...

Arthur Nixon Bates IV, a Florida man known for his life of drugs and fast women, died on March 5, 2025, and his obituary was published in the Tampa Bay Times, with some people expressing genuine ...

Longtime Winnebago County Sheriff Richard “Dick” Meyers has died. He was 78 years old. Meyers started his career with the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office in 1967 and retired in November 2014. He ...

MACOMB, IL – Former Western Illinois University professor Bem Price Allen, Jr., 84, of Vincennes, IN, passed away on Sunday, March 9, in Rockford, MI, surrounded by family. Allen dedicated 37 years of ...

ROCKFORD, Ill (WREX) – A Rockford teenager was arrested over the weekend after police officers recovered a loaded handgun. Rockford Police conducted a traffic stop near Rockton Avenue and ...

An Illinois legislator from Rockford has filed legislation which would force a Metro East high school to change the nickname it has used for the last 90 years. State Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, ...

Photos from the first women’s college flag football game in Illinois between Benedictine and Rockford on March 8, 2025, at the Walter Payton Center in Lake Forest. Rockford won 32-0. Rockford ...

Alongside federal partners, Cabello says he works with Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) for a solution to keep Rockford’s office open. Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara joined LaHood in D.C. on Wednesday ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Rockford University will make history as one of the first schools in Illinois to play in a women’s collegiate flag football game. The game will kick off at 6:15 p.m ...

William (Bill) John Shannon of Rockford, Illinois passed away December 5, 2024 at Alden Park Strathmoor in Rockford, Illinois. He was born July 11, 1934 in Rutland, Vermont to Marguerite N.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO ... save more than $2.4 million a year by closing additional federal facilities in Illinois, in Chicago, Hoffman Estates, Rock Island, Champaign, Springfield, and O ...