Civil War reenactment, Frida fest, medicaid cuts, tariff deadline approaching, bark shop, Rockford road closure, City Council ...

The days are numbered for a crime-ridden, unsafe, appearance-challenged house on Rockford Street which Mount Airy officials ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Back in 2013, Transform Rockford came together after the city was ranked as one of the most miserable ...

The search process for a new fire chief in Rockford is underway and the first step was to name an interim chief.

WREX has confirmed that the Javon Bea Hospital building on Rockton Ave. will close at 6 a.m. Tuesday as Mercyhealth looks for ...

The tax was last on the ballot in March 2016, when 66.5% of voters approved extending it for five years. Nearly 75% of voters approved extending the tax in April 2011. It first passed in May 2007 with ...

ROCKFORD — Two newcomers were elected to the City Council and Alderman Tuffy Quinonez, D-11, easily won re-election during a primary on Tuesday. In an election with just 6% voter turnout ...

The City of Rockford is developing a framework to reduce food insecurity, with the help of local non-profit organizations and ...

As Governor JB Pritzker succeeded in ending the 1% grocery sales tax – he calls one way to save “Illinoisans more than half a ...

Hagerty estimates that without the grocery tax, Rockford would lose revenue equivalent to 57 city employees. It would amount ...

The tallies are in, and it’s time to officially meet the city’s first council to serve a four-year term alongside a new mayor. After an extended runoff seaso n that whittled down 60 City ...

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday voted to extend protection status to a historic Catholic parish in the city, handing a win to advocates who for years have urged the local government to ...