The iconic local landmark built in 1805 is being repurposed back to its origins as a community meeting house during the week, ...

Activists in Rockford protested against former President Trump's use of Elon Musk and other tech leaders to oversee federal infrastructure. Protestors voiced concerns about cuts to government ...

Education: East High School graduate, 2014; Northern Illinois University, information systems & management, 2018. How do you feel about Rockford? I love Rockford because of its strong sense of ...

A federal judge in Rockford is calling for stiffer penalties ... Johnston — who with former Illinois State Police Col. Mike Snyders sent a letter to the commission Monday — wrote that the ...

Rockford Restaurant Week celebrates local cuisine by offering special prix fixe (fixed price) menus and bundled meal deals. Prix fixe menus offer 3-4 courses and prices range from $15-25 for ...

Illinois may be famous for its deep dish pizza, Cheap Trick, the Willis Tower, and the sock monkey, but the Prairie State is ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is one of the latest people to receive a pardon from President Donald Trump. This comes five years after Trump commuted the governor’s 14-year sentence in 2020.

Former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael Madigan walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Feb. 7. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share The convictions of Michael Madigan and ...

So, what exactly is Trump planning to do, how would he do it and how would that affect local education in Illinois? Here are some answers. Trump cannot dismantle the Education Department ...

ABC 7 Chicago/ tiktok.com In lieu of Trump wanting to "buy" Greenland, Gov. Pritzker also announced that Illinois would be annexing Green Bay, Wisconsin. ABC 7 Chicago/ tiktok.com And just when ...

However, former Illinois’ guard Terrence Shannon Jr.’s iconic moment back in Champaign went...well, awkwardly. Someone in production and execution of the jersey being raised might’ve had a ...

Former Illinois men's basketball standout Efrem Winters died Monday morning after a long battle with an undisclosed illness, according to the university. He was 61. The Champaign News-Gazette was ...