ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — The City of Rockford and partner organizations held a ceremony celebrating lives of the homeless community that were lost over the last year. The service takes place ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A former Rockford School District official and his wife have been charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from his elderly mother. According to the criminal ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Did you know that Interstate 90 was originally intended to run through downtown Rockford? While we may wonder at what might have been, It has been nearly 70 years since ...

ROCKFORD, Ill (WREX) – The Rockford Rescue Mission is seeking financial help to support individuals who will be homeless in 2025. In 2024, the Mission served over 143,275 meals to people who are ...

ROCKFORD, Ill (WREX) – The Rockford Police Department is looking for a Rockford man accused of burglary and criminal trespassing. The Rockford Police Department responded to Greencastle of ...

ROCKFORD, Ill (WREX) – A Rockford man convicted of first degree murder has been sentenced to 80 years in prison. Preston Scott shot and killed David Foley, a former confidential informant for ...

ROCKFORD, Ill (WREX) – A Rockford teenager is facing multiple weapon charges after officers conducted a traffic stop. Rockford Police SCOPE officers conducted a traffic stop on a car with ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A new place to drop hazardous waste in Rockford is officially open for use. On Thursday, city leaders and Four Rivers Sanitation cut the ribbon on the new facility ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford’s annual “Festival of Lights” Christmas display at Sinnissippi Park brought over 12,000 visitors in on its opening weekend. The free display has been a ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Winnebago County Public Safety Building in downtown Rockford will undergo a $32 million redevelopment to modernize the underused facility, which had been previously ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Police arrested Doyle Smith, 34, for allegedly strangling a senior woman among other charges. On November 25, around 9 p.m., officers responded to the 2500 block of ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Winnebago County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an incident involving an elderly man shooting the suspect in the buttocks after he started attacking a female victim.