Rockford Metro News

MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. - Officials in the northern Illinois village of Machesney Park estimate that about 100 families are still homeless since last month's floods.

New information on a deadly house fire in Rockford over the weekend. Autopsy results are in and the Winnebago county coroner says Dennis Freund died on Sunday due to smoke inhalation.

A Rockford Manufacturing Plant is shutting its doors leaving dozens without a job.

A Rockford man is now dead after being involved in a mortorcycle accident this past friday.

There's nothing like the smell and the taste of a freshly grilled bratwurst, and a lot of 23 New Team was treated to just that.

A 78-year-old wife hits her 78-year-old husband. It happend in Rockford Thursday just before 3 O'Clock in the 4200 block of Ahlstrand Drive.

With over seven percent unemployment -- we all hear stories of layoffs in the Rockford area -- jobs being shipped overseas, or eliminated altogether.

A collie that disappeared from his suburban Chicago owners more than five years ago has been located 85 miles away in the town of Rockford, Ill.

A gas leak in Rockford forces dozens of people to evacuate this morning, but officials tell us everything has now been secured.

In the wake of flooding, federal and local officials in the northern Illinois village of Machesney Park have been holding meetings to help residents get the information they need to recover.

Winnebago County Animal Control is taking action... to possibly rescue an abandoned dog.

New information tonight on an early morning fire that completely destroyed a Rockford Township home.

A new project is driving forward that some business owners in downtown Rockford hope will steer more people to their doors.

Earlier this week WTVO told you how the Rockford City Council approved a plan to replace the pedestrian mall in the downtown area.

New developments in the murder investigation of a Machesney Park teen. Chad Michael Bennet of Rockford has now been charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Nicholas Black on July 5h.

The teenager suspected of shooting 18-year-old Nickolas Black turned himself into police.

The downtown pedestrian mall in Rockford may be coming to an end. Alderman voted Monday night to fund a construction project to improve Main Street in the downtown area.

In a 23 News exclusive, a Machesney Park family is speaking out for the first time about the murder of their teenage son.

Dino diggers from the Burpee Museum in Rockford brought back close to 200 bones today from a quarry in Hanksville, Utah, that's in addition to the two tons of bones recently recovered.

A northern Illinois man accused of possessing an illegal toxin cultivated from puffer fish is slated to appear in court in Rockford today.