Rockford News

Terence Doddy is escorted into the Lee County Courthouse by corrections officers from Winnebago County on Wednesday morning.

Lawyers representing Rockford Police Chief Chet Epperson, the Police Union, and Rockford's Board of Fire and Police Commissioners will have a chance to argue in open court who has final authority over the Chief of Police.

A 3-year-old boy from Rockford is dead and the woman taking care of him is in jail for allegedly abusing him.

Midway Village Museum has been awarded a grant of $45,331 by the Dr. Louis & Violet Rubin Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois.

As a pet owner, most people instantly realize the responsibilities that goes in the care of that animal; providing its basic needs of bed, blankets, toys, bones, food, dishes and more.

Rockford police responded to an armed robbery at the Tobacco Outlet at 3219 N. Main Street where they say a black male got away with an unknown amount of money.

There is now a new opportunity for low income Rockford high school graduates to go to Rock Valley College for free.

Kantorei-The Singing Boys of Rockford has announced the appointment of John Patrick Rakes to the post of Music Director, effective at the start of the 2014-2015 season.

Volunteers from Michigan are helping at a home on Yonge Street this week. They're doing basic fix-ups for the homeowners.

This summer local police are once again teaming up to give teens a chance to learn how to fight crime.

Prosecutors in Illinois' Lee County on Tuesday filed 12 murder counts against 36-year-old Terence Doddy of Rockford in the July 1 death of 44-year-old Tonya Bargman.

ROCKFORD – A man already facing a first-degree murder charge for a Rockford killing now faces a murder charge in a Lee County death as well.

Nexstar has appointed a new general manager of WOI , its recently-acquired ABC affiliate in Des Moines.

Equipment used in some of the city's most dangerous situations is long overdue to be replaced, a move that gets the green light from Rockford aldermen.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – One of two Rock Falls men wanted in a hit-and-run that left a Sterling man critically injured was arrested Monday morning in Corpus Christi, Texas, and charged with attempted murder.

Businesses like Rockford Memorial Hospital and companies constructing new stores are adding up to about $41 million in construction.

No matter where we live, come September, we'll all have to dig deeper in our wallets to keep the lights on.

A reader asked me recently what I thought about Texas Rangers rookie outfielder Jake Smolinski , who is 11-for-29 in his first nine big league games.

The Greater Rockford Airport Authority and Rock Valley College broke ground on the new RVC Aviation Maintenance Technology Program facility.

T eachers from across the State gathered for the Illinois Teachers Workshop: Rocks, Minerals & Mining in Today's Society, presented by the Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers on July 14th-16th at Rockford University in Rockford, Illinois.