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Understanding the five W’s — who, what, when, where and why — of effective reporting is the first lesson for teens in a new journalism program this summer. This first-of-its-kind program for the Rockford area is a partnership between the Youth Community News Initiative and the Rockford Public Library.

Showers have been a little more widespread this afternoon than I was expecting, limiting temperatures to the mid/upper 70s like yesterday. Many locations in the Stateline picked up between a quarter inch and an inch of rainfall from late Saturday night through Sunday evening, with light showers continuing for some as o

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The East Business Complex in Rockford hosted the fourth annual Small Business Block Party over the weekend, offering local business owners an opportunity to display their products and connect with community members. Organized by Sharde Calloway, owner of Hello Beauti, the block party brought tog

Good Morning, Rock County! Here are your Monday headlines: Jason Kaplan, a Milton man killed in a shooting in Janesville's Fourth Ward on Aug. 9, was a construction worker and a boxer. His family says Kaplan often put on boxing gloves and sparred to work through his tension and anger in his own life. That's why the fam

Three teenagers from Machesney Park and Roscoe were arrested for residential burglary and criminal damage to property following a break-in in Byron on Sunday night.

Covertly placed in a strip mall, the best buffet in Illinois is the definition of “you can’t judge a book by its cover.” From the outside, you can’t tell that what awaits is a smorgasbord of Swedish goodness. A homey locale, the Stockholm Inn has cornered the market on Swedish inspired buffets. The best part […]

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JANESVILLE – To the people who knew Jason Kaplan, he was more than a brother, father or friend. He was the person who showed up to help, to listen, to make people laugh. He pushed others toward a better life. For his family, that meant working hard to provide for them, spending time with his children, nieces and nephew

BELOIT, Wis. — A passenger was hospitalized after a crash shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday, Beloit police said.

You know that feeling when you walk into a place and immediately think, “Why didn’t anyone tell me about this sooner?”. That’s the feeling Hidden Treasures Mall & Antiques in Loves Park, Illinois gives you, and it hits within about thirty seconds of walking through the door.