Midway Village Museum is unveiling its exhibit featuring the history of Rockford’s Camp Grant — once one of the largest ...

Authorities have issued a warrant for the arrest of Jerry Hudgens, 43, after he was convicted in absentia for being an armed habitual criminal and sentenced to spend 16 ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 9,589 ...

OLSHA never won a football game as (by far) smallest team in IHSA history. But is near .500 as a girls basketball team ...

Menominee tribe is continuing its push to open a large casino in Kenosha arguing it will bring 'lasting benefits' to Kenosha ...

The Chicago Auto Show has gone all-in on electric vehicles this year, with two EV test tracks, plenty of sleek new models and a first-ever appearance by Illinois-based Rivian At the same time, ...

From Dec. 1 until Friday, Rockford got ten inches of snow. The average snowfall for this time of year is almost 25 inches according to The National Weather Service. The lack of snowfall is impacting ...

Since taking office last month, Trump has made a series of rookie management mistakes, writes Rockford's Jeremy Ennis.

The drive called for Rockford-area residents to come and donate blood, to collect at least 30 donations throughout the event, all of which would be donated to local hospitals. The Rock River Valley ...

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CENTRAL SUBURBAN NORTH Highland Park 57, Maine West 29 Niles North 68, Vernon Hills 44 Maine East at Niles West, 7:00 ...

Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said. By John Bartlett and ...