Jody’s Restaurant, a Rockford staple known for diner classics like mushroom melts, homemade cinnamon rolls and crispy chicken ...

Rockford Police arrested Steven Alston on charges of a vehicle crash causing injury near the Sandy Hollow Golf Course, after ...

Rockford Police Department investigators have made five arrests in connection with a 2024 shooting. Here's what we know.

In 1966, a young girl named Susan Brady was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a man named Russell Dewey, who was sentenced to 20 to 50 years behind bars and released in 1987.

A letter from Bishop David Malloy urges Catholics to oppose efforts that would make assisted suicide legal in the state of ...

Two Rockford high school students are headed to the state portion of a national poetry competition. Poetry Out Loud is a ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The city’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations take place March 15, beginning with the annual parade downtown. The St. Patrick’s Day parade, featuring the Irish Marching Society, ...

The Rockford Irish Marching Society hosts a St. Patrick’s Day parade at 3 p.m. on 7th Street, followed by a free, family-friendly event at Prairie Street Brewing Company from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

One 17-year-old is in custody, another is in a cast after a fight in the parking lot of Little Caesar's in Rockford Wednesday ...

During a contested meeting of the Rockford Public Schools Board of Education, the board approved a proposal to close the ...

The Toronto Marlies announced they have acquired forward Brandon Baddock from the Rockford IceHogs for future considerations.

This Saturday in Rockford marks the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Rockford, plus the afterparty Paddy Fest in ...