Rockford IL

ROCKFORD — An annual two-day outdoor art fair returns this weekend with nearly 80 artists and artisan vendors. The 78th annual Greenwich Village Art Fair takes place Saturday and Sunday at Riverfront Museum Park, 711 N. Main St., in downtown. This year’s event features 68 artists and nine artisan...

A crash near Newburg Road in Rockford blocked three of four eastbound lanes on I-90.

WQRF FOX 39 is launching its first-ever midday newscast at 11 a.m., featuring anchors Rylee Jones and Owen Szarley to provide expanded local news and weather coverage for the Stateline region.

Good Morning, Rock County! Here are your Tuesday headlines: It took the City of Janesville and the city council three weeks to make the announcement, but Rebecca Houseman, current city manager at Fort Atkinson, will be the city's next manager. Houseman started her career in city government in an intern role at Janesvi

Two residents at the Luther Center in Rockford, Illinois, have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, leading officials to shut off hot water throughout the building during an ongoing investigation.

The nation’s largest farmer-owned cooperative plans to spend $700 million to build a new soybean processing plant in Evansville. Minnesota-based CHS and the city of Evansville announced the development on Monday. When up and running, the plant will create more than 80 permanent jobs and will have capacity to process 80

ROCKFORD — City Council members have given preliminary approval to a proposal to grant local landmark status to a Victorian-era home on the former Village Green property along North Main Street. The council’s Code and Regulation Committee voted unanimously to grant landmark status to the house at 2520 N....

Rockford, Ill. — A 28-year-old woman on suicide watch in the mental-health unit of Winnebago County Jail refused to surrender her clothing and hid in the corner of her cell. In response, an officer fired a pepperball launcher into the cell: a high-pressure air gun that propels projectiles containing chemical irritants.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — One of Rockford’s most recognizable landmarks is receiving national attention as it approaches a major milestone. Forbes recently featured the Coronado Theatre in an article examining how communities across the country have preserved and restored historic movie palaces. The Coronado opened in do

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