June was born on June 18, 1934, near Rockford, Illinois. She graduated high school in 1952 and married Buster Powell on May 5, 1955, in the Alaska Territory. They celebrated their 55th anniversary ...

Chicago's Iroquois Theater fire in 1903 claimed 602 lives, including those of three Bloomington women, and became the worst such disaster in U.S. history.

Longtime Rockford Register Star photojournalist Gary L. Carlson was often the first at historic moments and breaking news ...

A Rockford man is charged with two counts of murder and armed robbery after a dispute over Xanax pills on August 11, 2024. Jeromy Crout, 23, was booked into the Winnebago ...

Methodists and Catholics traditionally haven’t been close allies ideologically, but a project in Mount Airy is merging the two faiths in a physical way that will perpetuate the history of ...

Rockford Christian rolls on. The Royal Lions defeated the Oregon Hawks Friday night in Big Northern Conference action 55-40.

The weekend brings the 51st annual Rockford RV, Camping & Travel Show, a Rockford Symphony Orchestra concert and a toy show ...

Rockford, Illinois, is the nation's hottest housing market, according to Realtor.com, which placed Rockford at the top of its Hottest Housing Markets list in December. The website announced the news ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - At least eight different area fire departments work to put out flames at a home on Rockford’s west ...

Rockford ranked No. 1 on Realtor.com's list of the Hottest Housing Markets in December, surpassing 300 other metro areas across the country.

Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California was closed after a major fire erupted at one of the world’s largest ...