Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP ...

The Irish Rose Saloon in downtown Rockford is for sale. Owner Mike Leifheit died in February 2024, at age 78. Leifheit owned the bar for 43 years. The building formerly ...

Winnebago County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Anthony Tagle, 32, for allegedly fleeing from authorities when he was found ...

The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Years Day confided to a former girlfriend — who had served as an Army nurse — that ...

Rockford Animal Services arrested Jon Duncan, 52, for allegedly running over his dog on purpose. On Christmas Day, officials ...

A New York judge has ordered President-elect Trump’s criminal sentencing for Jan. 10, rejecting his demand that his hush money case be dismissed to accommodate his presidency following his ...

Former “Home Improvement” star Zachery Ty Bryan was arrested this week on a domestic violence charge in South Carolina, online jail records show.

Scammers claiming to be DeKalb police are calling residents, asking them to buy Bitcoin as part of a “legal matter,” ...

In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he’s due to return ...

The holidays came with a side of flu for many Americans, with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of illness last week, according to the latest government health data. “A lot of flu out ...

Rockford Police arrested Alex Lilligan, 25, for allegedly stealing a SUV on Jan 2nd. Around 3 p.m., officers found the blue Jeep Cherokee parked in the parking lot of ...

A man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder, nearly two years after he stabbed his ex-girlfriend multiple times in Rockford. Twenty-eight-year-old Stillman ...