Just before 9 a.m. Jan. 25, Rockford Police Narcotics and Gang Units searched a home in the 7400 block of Ryebrook Road. Officers say they found a loaded handgun with an extended magazine and an ...

District 205 reassured migrant parents that students’ information is private and will not be given to anyone no matter where ...

Winnebago County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested James Richardson, 63, for allegedly driving recklessly in snowy conditions and attempting to elude officials. Deputies ...

Winnebago County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Derrick Jones Jr., 26, for allegedly committing armed robbery with a handgun among other charges. Kayla Rodriguez, 24, was also arrested for allegedly ...

A family is displaced after a basement fire Wednesday night. The fire started in the 1100 block of Revell Avenue. There were ...

A Rockford man and two teens were arrested after police responded to a reported shooting on the city’s south side on Saturday ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A family in Rockford will need to find a place to stay. The Rockford Fire Department was called ...

A Rockford man, awaiting sentencing on a conviction for domestic battery and methamphetamine possession, has died in a Kansas ...

Two men who were charged in relation to a shooting incident at Auburn High School in Rockford in 2022, pleaded guilty to ...

Michael Fanone, a former Washington, D.C., police officer who was attacked during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, cursed out Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the anti-government group the Oath ...

The new Starbucks cafe in downtown Rockford is open for business. The new location, at 211 W. State Street, opened its doors ...

If I had to describe Rockford in just three words, I'd say "Work In Progress". That's not a negative, nor a positive. It means there is always room for improvement, to fail, to grow, to change, and ...