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The City of Rockford will offer onsite healthcare and wellness services to employees and their families next summer as part of a citywide effort to improve health, healthcare delivery, and the overall socioeconomic environment within the region.

Ukraine appears to be headed toward a possible breakup after lawmakers in Crimea unanimously declare they want to join Russia.

The future of two Rockford charter schools is up for debate, District 205 is in the process of deciding whether their applications should be renewed.

A 31 year-old Rockford man is dead, after police say he was found at the bottom of a pool.

One of the paradoxes of monastic life is that those who try to leave the world are often pursued by it.

The City of Rockford has declared a citywide snow emergency starting Wednesday March 5 at 1:00 p.m. The odd/even parking will be in effect until the Public Works department deems it no longer necessary.

In a move designed to promote economic development and position a more strongly aligned workforce, the Greater Rockford Airport Authority and Rock Valley College have combined efforts to create an expanded Aviation Maintenance Technology Program.

Matthew Gregory Jones has wanted to be a filmmaker since he was 4 years old. Now 27, the Rockford native premiered his third film, "The Albert Pick," in the hopes of garnering enough attention to do what he loves on a larger scale.

A Woodstock police officer was released from the hospital Monday evening after the officer's squad car was struck by a car driven by a 15-year-old, the McHenry County Sheriff's office said.

The Rockford area has a long way to go before reclaiming first when it comes to sports tourism, but after a big win downstate last year, the next step in that process kicks off today.

A mattress caught on fire at an apartment on the 1600 block of Overdene Avenue in Rockford.

The Rockford Police Department is asking us to avoid the intersection of 15th Ave. and 7th St. because of a major car crash with serious injuries.

Three people are involved in a serious and potentially fatal car accident that happened around 12:45 this morning near the intersection of 15th Avenue and 7th Street in Rockford.

By Gerald Shankel , president and chief executive officer of Rockford, Ill.-based Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International , a professional organization with more than 2,100 members working together to improve the metal forming and fabricating industry.

There are more than 3,000 homes around Rockford that have seen better days, and the city has developed a systematic way to tear down some of the worst ones.

Prosecutors contended that 24-year-old Kody Walsh of Rockford shot to death 36-year-old Lori A. Daniels of Afton, Wis., while they were passengers in a vehicle near South Beloit.

One of the GOP Gubernatorial candidates on the ballot in a few weeks made a campaign stop in Rockford earlier Monday.

The Rockford Fire Department says people are calling for ambulances when they don't really need them, taking up valuable resources when help is needed most.

Illinois seniors recovering from illness/injury respond to In Home Personal Services' multi-sensory therapy and state-of-the-art equipment.