Rockford IL

Firefighters worked to extinguish a fully engulfed car fire on U.S. Route 20 in Pecatonica on Tuesday.

A 71-year-old Forreston man was injured Tuesday in a crash after police say his Buick Envista was struck by a Ford F-150 pickup truck that failed to yield at an intersection.

Someone strolled into this Illinois gas station and walked out $100,000 richer, but they don't know it yet.

Snow squalls with near-blizzard conditions Wednesday evening will be followed by several days of dangerous Arctic cold across Rockford and the Chicagoland area.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, conducted an operation in Rockford on Wednesday, according to Mayor Tom McNamara. Around 4:45 p.m., Jan. 21, McNamara posted a video to Facebook saying ICE was present on the west side of Rockford, near W. State Street and Avon Street, “just a few...

Cleaning up from several inches of snow this Wednesday morning. We go on to see limited sunshine today with highs in the middle to upper 20’s. Light snow tonight adding up to an inch as temperatures drop to the single digits. Up to 20 tomorrow with mostly sunny skies.

OREGON, Ill. (WIFR) - Prosecutors show a nearly three-hour-long video of the interrogation of Duane Meyer Tuesday during the fifth day of the Byron man’s trial. Meyer, 43, is accused of starting a fire at a home on Oct. 19, 2016, killing his ex-wife Maggie and their 3-year-old son, Amos.

Fully vegan restaurants are hard to come by in Rockford; however, you can still find options available to you if you are a non-meat eater. According to Yelp, these are the top 10 restaurants offering vegan-friendly meals.

From ballet to monster trucks, Rockford venues have a busy year planned for 2026. Here a list of shows to date coming to major Rockford venues in the coming year. For more information or to purchase tickets visit venue websites: BMO Center bmocenter.rockfordlive.com ; Coronado Theatre Coronado.rockfordlive.com and...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -Rock County spearheaded a new rule that extends no-contact orders for domestic violence victims against their abusers until the first court date. It is closing a gap in a law that has left victims unprotected for weeks. The rule passed last Friday, addresses the time between the...