The weekend brings the Rockford Area Arts Awards, Sock Monkey Madness and Vintage Shop Hop, along with fundraisers, live ...

Ed Klein collects Social Security. The Freeport resident calls the program life-saving for those in reaching the golden years ...

Rockford is just three months away from the first IRONMAN half-distance triathlon competition in the state of Illinois.

An Illinois councilwoman was criminally charged after officials say she used a belt to hit a child who she believed stole ...

Immigrant rights groups across the country are holdingknow your rights trainings. They're also calling on Congress to dismiss ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A scholarship to honor the life and legacy of former Illinois State Representative Charles “Chuck” ...

Danny Spyker, an Illinois correctional officer, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of having sex with two inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Thomson in December ...

Illinois will spring forward into Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9th, 2025, and two Illinois lawmakers have introduced legislation to make the time change permanent, with the ...

The proposed closure comes after reports that the Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off least least 7,000 ...

State Rep. John Cabello is calling for Gov. JB Pritzker's resignation and the creation of an Illinois DOGE. The Rockford Police Department officer and Machesney Park resident said in a news release ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency claims to have saved taxpayers $105 billion to date with $660 million coming ...

Oklahoma City-based Spark Properties has stormed into the Rockford real estate market, investing $8 million to acquire five ...