Rockford IL

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Auburn Street reconstruction project, repairing water main, bumpy roads, and adding sidewalks to the three-mile stretch of road from North Main to Auburn High School, is five years in the making. “It really started with the bad condition of the 100-year-old water main that’s underneath the...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Chicago, Illinois – With spring storm systems strengthening across the United States, emergency officials are urging Illinois residents to review tornado safety plans now as severe weather threats increase...

Oak Park police arrested two individuals believed to be responsible for robbing an Oak Park resident of thousands of dollars in jewelry. Police arrested a 26-year-old Oregon man and a 17-year-old juvenile in Schaumberg in connection with a robbery reported in the 1100 block of Wenonah Avenue in Oak Park on March 3,...

CHICAGO - A Rockford man has been arrested and charged nearly two years after a 25-year-old man was killed in a crash on Chicago’s South Side. Dujan Lucas, 24, was taken into custody last Thursday in the 2600 block of South California Avenue in the city's Little Village neighborhood.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Chicago, Illinois – Drivers across northern Illinois may need to clear roads and secure property within hours as conditions align for tornado-capable storms by mid-afternoon Tuesday, with the Chicago metro...

BELVIDERE — A German-based vision care company has opened its first namesake stores in the U.S., including two in the Rockford area. Fielmann Vision Care, the U.S. brand of the international Fielmann Group, opened stores in Belvidere and Machesney Park along with four locations in the northwest Chicago suburbs.

ROCK, Wis. -- Rock County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man early Sunday after they said a search uncovered drugs and guns.

Belvidere firefighters rescued a resident from an apartment fire on Beloit Road on Saturday, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Winnebago County Coroner’s Office releases the name of a woman killed in a DeKalb house fire. Jeanene Wasson, 63, of Somonauk, was pronounced dead at 6:45 p.m., Sunday, March 8 from smoke inhalation in a house fire. Around 6:45 a.m., Saturday, March 7, DeKalb...

ROCKFORD, IL — Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara says he has never shied away from a tough vote and that his decision not to break a tie at the March 2 City Council meeting was no exception. His choice not to vote allowed the measure to fail. Aldermen had voted 7 to 7 on a motion to "lay over" a vote for two weeks on...