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…

Both eastbound and westbound traffic on Whitman Street from Ridge Avenue to Winnebago Street in Rockford has been reduced to one lane for Nicor Gas relocation work. The work will be…