Beloit business owners are preparing for serval weeks of disruption as the East Grand Avenue reconstruction project gets underway.

As President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address wrapped up, politicians representing the state of Illinois sent their ...

On Tuesday night, both Byron and Riverdale handled their respective tests to advance to the IHSA Class 2A Mendota Sectional ...

Turning complex topics into easy-to-understand scientific discoveries, the Senior Resource Center launches an interactive ...

Illinois legislators introduce bills to regulate pricing based on personal data ...

LOVES PARK, Ill. (WIFR) - Emergency personnel responded to a Loves Park neighborhood Tuesday night for a crash involving two vehicles. Just before 9 p.m., crews were called to the 7700 block of Edwin ...

Whitehead Elementary School students got the chance to learn about agriculture in a unique way on Friday: a smooch from a pig.

Cleanup efforts are underway at Christ United Methodist Church after the church’s organ caught fire Monday night.

Breezy, warmer, and mainly cloudy ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Obscure figures wielding various pro-union signs line a wall inside the Rockford Education ...

Violent crime in Rockford fell for the fourth year in a row in 2025. The Rockford police Department reports 1,359 violent offenses. This is down from 1,627 in 2024, a 16.5% decrease.

Augustine Hernandez, 49, “a criminal illegal alien from Mexico,“ according to the DHS, was arrested and found guilty in 2013 of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old family member when he was 33 years old ...