Video sent in by a viewer shows broken glass from the shop’s window scattered across the ground as first responders help ...

The Region 1 Planning Council created the Community Advisory Forum in 2023 to increase the value of public participation for ...

Inside the bookstore, Dave Pedersen ( Maze ’s owner and operator) prepares for the one-day “ economic blackout ,” also called ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The battle to decide who will lead the Forest City is on as incumbent mayor Tom McNamara faces off ...

A fifth straight 50°+ temperature is pretty much guaranteed Friday, though there are some caveats. First, it’ll be the last ...

The Stillman Valley Cardinals faced off against Big Northern rival Byron and put together a thrilling comeback in the 2A Sectional Final at Rock Falls High School. Down by nine at halftime, the ...

(WIFR) - 2025 marks five years since the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and research shows it impacted how drugs and vaccines are discovered. Phil Mounteney, who is Dotmatics' vice president of science and ...

Clouds will build back as we head into the morning hours and we will be partly to mostly cloudy throughout the day. Winds ...

A suspect is in critical condition. Thursday after a shooting involving officers with the Loves Park Police Department.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Brandon Taylor, 32, is sentenced to 57 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for first ...

Christopher Juday of Sycamore is charged with 8 counts of possession of child pornography and 8 counts of disseminating child ...

A bill introduced by Senator Neil Anderson (R-Andalusia) and co-sponsored by local lawmaker, Dave Syverson, would eliminate property taxes for those who have owned a home for three decades.