Rockford IL

Two teen girls were killed in a late-night crash on Mulford Road in Rockford on Friday night.

When temperatures drop, some residents expect mobile kitchens to go quiet until spring. But trucks across the Stateline remain active, continuing a trend that has grown sharply in recent years.

Every day, patients walk into hospitals relying on something most of us take for granted: a steady supply of blood. When it isn’t there, care is delayed, surgeries are postponed, and lives hang in the balance. Right now, the region is facing an invisible crisis: a blood supply shortage. Most people think of a public...

Rock County Felony arrests All of those listed below have since their arrest been formally charged with a felony (or felonies). ULMER, ERIC, 28, of Beloit, battery by prisoners, hate crime, repeater, Jan. 13, Rock County Jail, Janesville. SMITH, NICHOLAS, 30, of Palos Park, Ill., extradition-arrest prior to...

A former Rockford social club could soon become a new wedding and event center.

A suspect running from Rockford Police on Friday prompted heightened security at UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital.

A homeowner suffered minor burns and a family dog died after a fire on Windfield Court on Thursday afternoon.

Authorities confirmed Michael McKee, the suspect in the Ohio double slaying of his ex-wife and her husband, was arrested at a Rockford Chick-fil-A restaurant on Saturday.

JANESVILLE — With the recent new year and rising community need, a food pantry for pet items, run through the Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin, has seen increased traffic and donations in recent months. Created in 2013, the Community Pet Pantry’s mission is to get pet food, cat litter, treats and other animal...

A Rockford bookstore entered the publishing world more than a year ago. Its third project is a book of haiku, a type of Japanese poetry, by area poets. It was released last month. Dave Pedersen is the owner of Maze Books, which published the book. He said Rockford needed an...