Rockford IL

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Tamara Hatcher believes Tarrie Noel understood his role as a big brother. “[I] used to talk to him about anything without judgment. He didn’t care,” she reflected. “He worked hard to provide.”. On December 7, Tamara lost her oldest sibling. Tarrie died in...

A new Illinois law will require public libraries to carry Narcan and train their staff on how to use it.

Snow is piling up like it’s 1978 again, and folks are feeling the chill of a true winter comeback.

BELOIT, Wis. (WMTV) - The Beloit Police Department is investigating after a dead dog was found in a crate outside a gas station this past weekend, police reported Tuesday. According to a Facebook post, the dead dog was found Saturday morning at a gas station in the 900 block of Brooks Street.

BRADFORD, Wis. -- The Rock County Medical Examiner's Department identified a Beloit man who died following a crash in the Town of Bradford last Wednesday.

Mark Cooper, the Rockford man convicted of a violent Rochelle home invasion and robbery, has been sentenced to spend 58 years in prison.

A female inmate was found unresponsive in the Winnebago County Jail, police said.

Four people from Illinois and Kentucky pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute large amounts of cocaine in the Green Bay area . Sanjuana Montenegro Ochoa, Ruben Salgado-Espinoza and Pablo Sifuentes Navarro, all of Rockford, Illinois, each pleaded guilty Dec. 5 to conspiring to distribute more than...

Drivers are asked to avoid the area of Illinois Route 70 (Trask Bridge Road) and N. Meridian Road due to a crash with injuries.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Tarrie Noel, 35, is identified as the Rockford man killed in a shooting over the weekend, according to the Winnebago County Coroner’s Office. Around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, officers were called to the 300 block of Buckbee Street for a shooting. Investigators report Noel had life-threatening...