Rockford IL

Following Saturday’s cold front, Sunday will be much cooler, but also drier. Afternoon high temperatures will only reach the upper 40s despite abundant sunshine. This is much closer to average for this time of year! But it will feel a bit cooler with a strong Northwest wind. We had...

Rose Mary in Chicago tops a list of nearly impossible restaurants to get into thanks to its Italian-Croatian menu and rave Yelp reviews.

The Byron Tigers and the IC Catholic Knights have had some payoff thrillers in recent years that have gone down-to-the-wire. That wasn't the case this time.

SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. (WIFR) - Chuck Novachek considers his neighborhood lucky. The South Beloit resident of 43 years can’t recall a house fire on his block. But when his wife fell ill, he trusted the South Beloit Fire Department to enter his home. “They had to carry her from...

BELOIT, Wis. -- Beloit has two new snow plows in its fleet, and the city's students will get to name them both. Beloit residents age 18 and under will have from now until 8 a.m. on Dec. 1 to submit their name ideas. Submissions must be family-friendly, nonpartisan and trademark-free.

Popular pizza chain Little Caesars launches its first self-service restaurant, and it happens to be on the city’s southeast side.

Next week, Rockford drivers might want to rethink their usual routes—Morgan Street is shutting down for some serious watermain repairs.

In a recent development, the owner of Azb Realty Group has reportedly made a controversial statement about the residents of the west side. According to a social media post, the owner allegedly labeled the west side residents as 'degenerates' and suggested that most of them likely have at least one DUI. The comments...

(WIFR) - If you have been looking for a day to get outside and enjoy some pleasant weather before cooler temperatures return, today will be your day. Ample sunshine along with winds out of the south near 10 to 15 mph will allow our highs to jump back into the middle to upper 60s, which is nearly 20 degrees above...

Check out these original and inventive shops in our region. 6101 E. Riverside Blvd., Rockford, (815) 877-9559, villagegreenrockford.com. This family-owned nursery and garden center has been a touchstone for nearly six decades. Founded in 1965 by Laurence Smith, it grew from a small Alpine Road storefront into one of...