FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) - The Freeport Art Museum installed a new addition to the Freeport Arts Plaza on Monday. The Gateway ...

Community members and lawmakers mourn the death of former 67th District Representative Charles “Chuck” Jefferson of Rockford.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Gary Carlson, a longtime photojournalist for the Rockford region, has died at the age of 86. Carlson ...

Don’t get too used to the warmer temperatures, as their stay here is to be extremely brief. Temperatures will revert back to ...

(WIFR) - Frank Fiorello, a local author, artist and founder of The Pumpkin Patch in Caledonia, died Dec. 16, 2024 in Las ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A $9.5 million settlement with a man wrongfully convicted of murder more than 30 years ago now is ...

A critical shortage of O-negative blood and platelets has the Rock River Valley Blood Center asking for help from the ...

A Roscoe family thanks the community for its support while sharing sad news that their loved one, 14-year-old Ashton O’Banion ...

Educating kids and adults alike about the joys of gardening, the University of Illinois Extension in Boone County will soon offer training sessions on how to become a gardener.

U.S. retailers. According to Coresight Research, more than 7,300 stores closed, which is an increase of 57 percent from the ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) -Sunny and cold today with highs in the middle teens. Down to 2 tonight with chills as cold as -10.

On Jan. 8, AFL-CIO announced a reunification with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). In 2005, the union ...