Wanted Rockford man in custody
February 13, 2025A Rockford man wanted in connection with a January shooting has been taken into custody. Damajae McKenzie, 27, faces charges of aggravated battery and aggravated domestic battery in…
A Rockford man wanted in connection with a January shooting has been taken into custody. Damajae McKenzie, 27, faces charges of aggravated battery and aggravated domestic battery in…
Congressional Democrats, including 11 from Illinois, are urging President Donald Trump to retract his statements that the civilian Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip should be…
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, met today with University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine in Rockford leaders, along with other Illinois members of the…
A group of citizens is being credited with rescuing a driver whose car had slid into the Rock River today. Rockford fire personnel responded at 2:30 p.m. today for the report of an…
Due to the anticipated weather conditions throughout the rest of the week, Rockford’s superintendent of public works has declared a “Snow Emergency” for the city. Enforcement…
A Rockford man is being sought in connection with the shooting of two men—one fatally. Stephen Boddie, 35, faces charges of first-degree murder and aggravated battery in the Thursday…
A man was rescued Tuesday from the Rock River. A citizen walking behind the Rockford Public Library, 215 N. Wyman St., at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday noticed a bag sitting on the sidewalk. He…
A 19-year-old man died from injuries sustained during a shooting at a Rockford party. Rockford police responded to an apartment on the 900 block of Fourth Avenue at 9:40 p.m. Thursday…
Rockford Fire Chief Michele Pankow has been picked to serve as state fire marshal, pending state Senate confirmation. Chief Pankow has spent more than 32 years in Illinois fire service,…
SPRINGFIELD — Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday, bolstering coffers with new taxes…
Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one of the museums, the work to rebury those remains…
This week in ag, the fallout continues from RFK’s “Make America Healthy Again” report that recommends sweeping changes to how farmers produce food. We’ve also got info on big…
The Illinois State Fair will offer a little something for everyone this year. Fans of the fair and its food gathered at the state fairgrounds in April to celebrate the countdown of…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office is projecting state revenues to come in about a half-billion dollars below the baseline projections assumed during his February budget…