A study commissioned by the Illinois Retail Merchants Association shows the retail industry has the largest impact on ...

Rockford Public Schools District 205 (RPS) will implement a Teen Dating Violence Toolkit for the 2025-2026 school year.

More and more Illinois colleges and universities are offering full tuition scholarships. “The Huskie Pledge,” “The Rockford ...

Students at Rockford’s East High School left the classroom early Tuesday to protest President Donald Trump’s policies on ...

So-called switches, which turn handguns into automatic weapons that can fire 20 bullets a second, are "beyond terrifying," Judge Iain Johnston warns.

Educator, author and cancer survivor, PJ Caposey is leading two Ogle County school systems and making a difference. He's a 2024 Community Champion.

As the regular season winds down, league championships are up for grabs ... as are potential upsets. Entering the week of Feb ...

A judge sentenced a Rockford man to 20 years in prison for trying to burglarize a car at a home near Woodstock and then ...

Rockford Fire crews responded to reports of a person in the Rock River around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday. Initial reports said a man ...

Christopher Jackson lost his mother to a hit-and-run just weeks ago. Now he’s urging drivers to slow down and pay attention.

Work on the Illinois Route 2 bridge over the Rock River in Rockton is on schedule to be complete by June 2026, according to ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Jordan King had to do a little research when she got a contract offer to play professional basketball in Kosovo. "When I first found out I might have a contract here, I was like, 'OK ...