Rockford News

A 17-year-old high school student in Rockford will graduate with a perfect attendance record he's maintained since kindergarten.

Five people are dead and six others hurt after a van flips over several times in southern Illinois.

A Rockford man admits he was involved in a 2008 murder. Today William Moore Jr. pled guilty to armed robbery and conspiracy to commit murder charges.

Beginning Wednesday, May 29 and running through Wednesday, August 28, the Rock River Valley Blood Center will feature "Hot Dog Wednesdays" and Ice Cold Slushies at donor centers in Rockford and Belvidere.

Rock On The Range , now in its seventh year, has officially become a three-day music festival.

Two flight nurses and the pilot, who died in the December crash, will have their names engraved on a proposed memorial walllow and Karen Hollis will have their names engraved on the memorial wall of the prospective The former REACT helicopter was an American Eurocopter MBBK 117 A3 with a cruising airspeed of 131 mph and a maximum speed of 160 mph.

Illinois State Police District 16 announced the following arrests were made in the month of April 2013 for driving under the Influence by District 16 troopers: Arrested in Stephenson County: Katie L. Ashke, Female, 24, of Rock City, IL Matt R. Seabold, Male, 38, of Freeport, IL Arrested in Winnebago County: Steven C. Alston Jr., 25, Male, of ... (more)

A DeKalb doctor and his wife were arrested on charges of illegally dispensing controlled substances and federal income tax fraud.

At 11:44 p.m. Wednesday, police say a motorcycle and an SUV collided at 11th Street and Sawyer Road.

Some downtown roads in the Rockford area will be closed for several hours on Sunday due to the Rockford Marathon.

Governor Pat Quinn today announced a total of $19 million in capital investments for a road project just southwest of Rockford.

Starting Monday, May 13, old signs will come down and new "Schnucks" signs will go up on the exterior of both the Logli Rockton and Hilander Cherry Valley signaling the launch of the renaming for all 11 Logli and Hilander stores across the Rockford area and in Janesville, Wis.

Three people killed in a medical helicopter crash in northern Illinois will have their names added to a planned Rockford memorial wall.

The Stateline is paying tribute to fallen police officers all week long.Tuesday Bishop Malloy delivered the first city-wide Blue Mass.

A Janesville man will spend the rest of his life in prison. Alexander Castillo, 29, was sentenced today for the double murder of Michael and Christina Clark.

According to a blogger for the American Copy Editors Society web page, GateHouse Media, owners of the 'Rockford Register Star,' will be closing a so-called 'design hub' based in Rockford and moving it to an undisclosed location.

Dave Ginsberg of Geneva finished first with a time of 18:49 at The Hope For Haitians 5K on Saturday in Geneva.

Another long awaited construction project in Rockford. The re-modeling of West State Street is underway and is already posing challenges for drivers and businesses along that stretch of road.

Attorney Frank Perrecone will be honored as the Italian American Man of the Year 2013 at the Ethnic Heritage Museum on Sunday June 2nd, 2013.

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