ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Auburn Street bridge is closed as Rockford police investigate a hit-and-run crash. TRAFFIC ALERT: ...

Freeport police search for answers after two shootings happen hours apart and mere blocks away from each other.

Rockford Theatre Guild is a new, professional theatre company that’s working with Rockford University’s Performing Arts ...

Representative Tony McCombie acts as principal for the day at Dorothy Simon Elementary School, teaching the students about ...

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

FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) - A petition designed to force Freeport leaders to ask voters how the city should be run is withdrawn.

The FDA banned Red 3 in cosmetics and topical drugs in 1990 because of the potential cancer risk. By then the color additive ...

Clouds should erode Saturday morning leaving us mostly sunny. However, we will struggle to warm up thanks to wind out of the ...

The City participates in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Annual Point in Time Count of the ...

East High School’s newcomer students present their science projects to build their confidence in speaking English.

BELVIDERE, Ill. (WIFR) - One person is dead after a vehicle crashes into a telephone pole and a parked Jeep Grand Cherokee.

On Sept. 7, 2023, Sycamore High School student Kaleb McCall was reportedly stabbed in the chest near Elm St. and Somonauk St.