June is almost here, which means the return of a Forest City favorite concert series. A man who admitted to robbing a Rockford grocery store and hitting an employee with a hammer learns his fate.

Sergeant Ryan Bivins from the Dixon Police Department is selected to become the department’s new chief of police. Bivins will be sworn into office during a ceremony on Monday, June 2, city leaders ...

Sergeant Ryan Bivins from the Dixon Police Department is selected to become the department’s new chief of police. A Rockford man accused of setting his restaurant on fire appears Tuesday in federal ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - James Purifoy, 50, pleads not guilty to an arson charge that accuses him of intentionally setting his ...

Daisean Davis was sentenced to 21 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for armed robbery and three years for ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns Illinois residents to be on alert for scammers trying to exploit those hit by storms.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) -Rather cloudy with sprinkles from time to time. Highs around 70. Rain showers tomorrow with highs in the middle 60’s. Warming to the low 80’s for the weekend.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Boylan Titans beat their NIC-10 rival Jefferson J-Hawks in Monday’s regional quarterfinal at Boylan High School. The Titans will be in Tuesday’s semifinal against ...

Sycamore native Tommy Townsend drove in the game’s first run on a hit to right field in the bottom of the 1st inning.

Lovero, an associate director of Verizon‘s network performance, stands inside a “switch center,” responsible for upholding cell service in Northern Illinois.

At 11 a.m. on every Memorial Day and Veterans Day, members of the Vietnam Veterans’ Honor Society hold a memorial service.

PECATONICA, Ill. (WIFR) - The second-longest-lasting Memorial Day parade in Northern Illinois, and the largest in the area, began more than 150 years ago, and it is going strong in 2025.