Rockford IL

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...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Winnebago County Integrity Task Force investigates the death of a Winnebago County Jail inmate, according to the sheriff’s office. Around 10:45 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, correctional officers found a 30-year-old woman unresponsive in the jail. Authorities say correctional officers and on-site...

A Rock County man was hospitalized Monday night after a single-vehicle crash that deputies say was alcohol-related.

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