Rockford IL

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A two-day event in Rockford looks to make the community a little healthier. On June 24, Molina Healthcare of Illinois brought its mobile health center to the YMCA on Y Boulevard. The mobile center offers preventive care, like annual physicals for kids and adults, well-baby exams and blood...

Man injured in early morning shooting on Rockford’s southeast side, police say. A man suffers a non-life-threatening injury from a shooting that took place early Wednesday morning, according to investigators.

TOWN OF AVON — The Rock County Medical Examiner has released the name of an Illinois man who was killed in a head-on crash on state Highway 81 in the town of Avon Monday night. Alec Z. Hoffman, 26, of Winnebago, Ill., was killed when the Nissan Sentra he was driving was struck head-on shortly before 11 p.m. Monday...

Rockford man Patrick McIntyre qualified for the IRONMAN World Championships in Spain after placing 3rd in the 40-44 age division group.

Chester Weger, the man convicted of slaying a woman at an Illinois state park in 1960, has died, according to a report from Shaw Local. He was 86 years old. Just before 10 a.m. June 24, a truck and its trailer can be seen on its side in a ditch near 116 I-39 South.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - As summer heats up, ComEd says there are some ways to take it easy on your air conditioning systems and power. George Gaulrapp, ComEd External Affairs Manager, says heat doesn’t affect ComEd’s lines. But how people react and the excess load from people constantly...

FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) - Neighbors along Blackhawk Avenue in Freeport will need to clear the streets for the next few weeks as crews make road repairs. The city of Freeport says Fischer Excavating crews will start work Wednesday, June 25, beginning at the intersection of Blackhawk and Dewey Street and moving north...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A nonprofit housing community in southwest Rockford receives hundreds of thousands of dollars to improve homes in the area. Kathleen Jamerson moved into the Central Terrace Co-Operative 24 years ago. Since then, she says her home has only received a few small upgrades. “The windows that...

Levar Wright, 35, was arrested for strangling a pregnant woman and has been charged with several offenses, including aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, domestic battery, and resisting an officer.

June 24th marks nine years since Megan Swaziek Wells was killed in a boating crash on the Rock River in Oregon. On the anniversary of her death, her family gathers to throw flowers and listen to her favorite song.