After years of fighting with Rockford officials over code and permit violations, Miss Carly's Inc. will shut its doors. Here ...

A farmer, teacher, lawyer, accountant and Illinois lawmaker for 26 years, former state Rep. Ron Wait, R-Belvidere, has died at age 80. State Rep. Dave Syverson, R-Cherry Valley, the Boone County ...

What sounds like a mild winter storm is possible Tuesday in the Rockford area as folks prepare to greet 2025.

As we say goodbye to 2024, it's time for you to vote on who you believe deserves to be the top athlete of the year ...

Authorities have identified a man killed in a Dec. 27 shooting at the Max Mart, 922 Kilburn Ave. as Charles Esaw, 50, of ...

Boone County Sheriff's Department deputies are investigating a fatal hit and run crash. Here's what we know so far.

The steadying influence for Boylan girls basketball, a new, big perimeter weapon for Pecatonica boys, Eastland's triple ...

Three Rockford area Jimmy Carter delegates said the humble Georgian they met on the campaign trail was the same man during ...

A Rockford man faces two counts of first-degree murder after a shooting at a convenient store. Jovaris Porchia, 30, was ...

So here are 10 of the top athletes of 2024 from around the Rockford area, listed in chronological order, with what they did to earn the honor (and soon you, the reader, will get to choose which one ...

A collapsed lung ended Boylan senior Matt Dolan's freshman season. And interrupted his sophomore year. Still, he has become ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States who dedicated much of his life to humanitarian causes, died in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, his family announced on Sunday. The former ...