Rockford IL

OGLE COUNTY, Ill. (WIFR) - A police chase in Ogle County ends with two people in the hospital and one person dead. On Friday, April 24, the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office tried to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle it says was occupied by people suspected of multiple burglaries across the county and also had outstanding warrants.

Great restaurants don’t manufacture a sense of community. They forge it through grit, personal connection and, sometimes, a small cooler of homemade tamales. Twenty-one years ago, Arturo Torres and his wife, Zulma Rodriguez, bet their future on just $1,700 and a handful of family recipes from Guadalajara, Mexico. An old cooler was their only equipment, its cargo of tamales drawing early crowds who...

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WMTV) - A Rock County court commissioner found probable cause to move forward in the case against a woman accused of killing her 14-year-old daughter. Online court records show Tyiece Oninski had a preliminary hearing in Rock County Court on Friday, where Court Commissioner Mason Braunschweig ordered the case be bound over for trial.

Every school has legendary teachers, and at Harlem High School, many say that Mrs. Stark is that educator.

Since opening in 2012, JM Construction, 4915 Auburn St., in Rockford, has completed more than 5,000 projects with commercial and residential roofing, siding, windows and gutters – work that has landed the company on the 2025 Inc. 5,000 list of fastest-growing firms and Qualified Remodeler’s Top 500 list. A year earlier, the company received the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Ethics.

JANESVILLE, Wis. — It’s been one week since a tornado and major flooding hit the Rock County area. Communities like Janesville are continuing to clean up and recover from the storm. The City of Janesville announced additional hours at the landfill for residents to come by and dump...

A new sushi spot in Loves Park sends plates right past your table, and yes, it’s all-you-can-eat.

LEAF RIVER, Ill. (WIFR) - A Macomb man with federal and McDonough County warrants was arrested Thursday night after flipping his UTV, according to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Department. Carl Ford Jr., 31, is charged with driving under the influence and driving while license is suspended. He also received...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - From ‘Ellen’ at age 6 to an Emmy at age 21, Rockford’s Emily Bear has a habit of making her hometown proud. The composer and pianist will return to the Forest City to perform at Hard Rock Live for the Rosecrance Foundation’s annual Rockford benefit on May 12.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Rockford Police Department is on the scene of a shooting that sent one man to the hospital. Police posted on X at 6:51 p.m. Friday that a man was shot in the 3300 block of Sablewood Drive. The post says he was taken to a...