Rockford IL

LOVES PARK — Tom & Jerry’s will host a pair of hiring events in the coming days to give laid off Beef-a-Roo workers an opportunity to join its team. The locally owned restaurant will open its doors for former Beef-a-Roo employees to apply and interview from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Tuesday at all four area locati

LOVES PARK — A 55-year fundraising tradition kicked off its two-day run on Friday with thousands of brats, hot dogs and meatless barbecue sandwiches set to be served. Alpine Kiwanis Brat Days is the nonprofit Alpine Kiwanis Club’s largest fundraiser. It has raised more than $2.5 million for charities and college schola

LOVES PARK, Ill. (WIFR) - Drivers in the area of E. Riverside and Interstate boulevards should avoid the area as crews work to clear a crash Friday afternoon. Shortly before 1 p.m. July 10, an ambulance, along with Loves Park police and fire crews, were at the scene, assisting with a vehicle that appeared to be on its

LOVES PARK, Ill (WTVO) — Loves Park Police responded to a rollover crash Friday afternoon. According to officials, officers were dispatched to the area of East Riverside Boulevard and Interstate Boulevard in response to reports of a car accident. Officials said one person was taken to a local hospital. The extent of th

A driver was hospitalized after a UPS truck rear-ended a sedan Friday afternoon, according to investigators.

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A Rockford man charged in connection with a 2021 murder was taken into custody in Los Angeles on Thursday. According to police, 29-year-old Isaiah Rucker is one of two people charged in connection with the death of 39-year-old Drake Stewart. Stewart was killed on May 23, 2021, in a shooting that unfold

The Rockford Police Department is investigating a death Friday morning in Rockford.

Illinois State Police Seek Information in 2018 Unsolved Death of Tyler Smith. Illinois State Police are renewing their call for answers in the 2018 death of 23-year-old Tyler Smith of Rochelle. Smith was found in Cedar Fork Creek in Galesburg on September 15th, after spending the night with friends before his final Nat

OGLE COUNTY, Ill. (WIFR) - A 35-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after detectives recovered items from a Freeport home that were reported stolen during a burglary. Michael Rowe, of Freeport, is charged with burglary, a class two felony. On July 4, the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 7000...

Beef-a-Roo, the legendary Rockford fast-food chain and longtime staple of the community’s restaurant scene, has abruptly shuttered nearly all its locations, including eight in Winnebago County. Financial issues involving Elysian Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm and Beef-A-Roo owner since 2019, were blamed. C