Officials reported both hikers encountered a female grizzly bear with two cubs on Farm Cabin Trail. The bear was reportedly ...

Nobel winner Joel Mokyr once served as Beloit College’s Upton Scholar, marking a major moment for the campus forum.

Guilford (6-1) is motivated to keep winning, in case Belvidere North (7-0) falters in its last two games, which could force a ...

Rebecca Tyo becomes the second woman to become chief in the history of the Rockford Fire Department. She succeeds Michele ...

Rebecca Tyo, a 16-year veteran of the Rockford Fire Department, is the second woman in the history of the department to serve ...

Harlem (15-3) was already the last Rockford-area girls flag football team standing, and then they blasted through Cary-Grove ...

Some pumpkin patches offer pick-your-own pumpkin while some offer everything from hayrides to corn mazes. Here's a list of 15 places nearby.

Abbott Fund’s $250K donation will help feed 2,000 children through the BackPack Program across nine Illinois counties.

A lucky Powerball player in Rochelle is now a millionaire. The winning ticket, purchased at Road Ranger, 890 E. Highway 38, matched all five main numbers — 13, 16, 18, 20 and 27 — in the Oct. 11 ...