The Village of Huntley has dropped out of the planned Rockford-to-Chicago Metra rail service due to concerns about traffic, parking, ridership, and financial commitments. Read More

DeKalb County Sheriff's deputies found two dead in a Sycamore home; one person was detained after a vehicle was located. Read More

Starting October 20, Rockford travelers can relax on a comfy coach ride to O'Hare, skipping traffic and security hassles for a smoother journey to their gates. Read More

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Rockford Police Department is looking into a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning which left one woman dead. The department posted on 'X' just before 3:30 a.m. about a ... Read More

A crash involving a Family YMCA of Northwest Illinois bus Thursday morning sends five people, including three children, to the hospital. The Illinois Department of Transportation announces the next ... Read More

Two people were killed in a plane crash on Saturday afternoon in Boone County, reported WREX, the NBC affiliate in Rockford. Read More

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Rockford police investigate a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in the city's downtown area. The public is asked to avoid the area of Kishwaukee Street and First Avenue ... Read More

Drivers are asked to avoid the area of northbound I-39 near Baxter Road following a serious crash involving a semi. Read More

A man was airlifted to a Rockford hospital early Thursday after his vehicle struck a utility pole in a serious crash in McHenry County, officials said. Read More

The purchase from Rock River Ford of Rockford will cost about $2 million. Officials said the local dealership's bid was a better deal and cost nearly $200,000 less than what the city would have been ... Read More

MINONK - A Rockford man remained in critical condition Saturday after he was injured Friday in a one-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 39 near Minonk. Andrew J. Dall, 21, was northbound ... Read More

A 54-year-old man is sentenced after he was found guilty of hitting and killing a bicyclist while driving under the influence in Nov. 2024. Read More

The Rockford Township Highway Department maintains roughly 300 miles of roads, most of which are outside the city limits. With the anticipation of slick roads Wednesday night, crews spent the day ... Read More

A man was flown to a Rockford hospital after a single-car crash in Sterling. According to the City of Sterling, the Sterling Police Department was called to a single car crash in the 900 block of E. Read More

Illinois ranks among the highest rates of identified human trafficking cases in the United States. In 2023, Rockford ranked in the top 1% of human trafficking in the state. Over 270 human trafficking ... Read More

Authorities are responding to a pedestrian crash on Friday morning. Winnebago County Sheriff's Deputies were called to the scene, at the intersection of Latham Road and LaHarve Drive, west of N. Main ... Read More

Authorities are responding to a pedestrian crash involving a school bus on Friday morning. Winnebago County Sheriff's Deputies were called to the scene, at the ... Read More

Rockford Police responded to Rockford's South side for a car crash that left one vehicle rolled over and on fire. Read More

The incident began around 11 p.m. on Oct. 23, when Illinois State Police (ISP) alerted the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office about a vehicle linked to a suspected shooting in Rockford. Deputies ... Read More

MONROE CENTER, Ill. (WTVO) - A Rockford man was arrested in Monroe Center on drunk driving charges Tuesday night after slamming into a pole, police said. Ogle County deputies were dispatched to ... Read More

At the September 16th City Council meeting, the Council approved an agreement between the Stephenson County Highway ... to Chicago According to the Rockford Register Star, passenger rail service from ... Read More

The winning ticket was purchased at Volume Liquors, located at 382 Northwest Highway in Cary, Illinois, located about 50 miles northwest of Chicago and 60 miles east of Rockford. The prize came from a ... Read More

"I like it so far." The guitar stands where the former 100-foot Clock Tower stood for 50 years signaling the entry point into Rockford along the Interstate 90 tollway that borders the property to the ... Read More

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The 27-year-old Rockford man who died in a motorcycle crash Saturday is identified by the Winnebago County Coroner's Office as Cristian Ahumada-Pena. Read More

Rivets Stadium, 4503 Interstate Blvd, Loves Park, IL 61111, United States View on map ... Read More

Officials highlighted the Interstate 90 corridor between Chicago and Rockford as an area that could have ... The most severe band of Monday's storms were expected to hit all of northern Illinois, and ... Read More

CHICAGO (WBBM) -- The prevalence of gun violence during Memorial ... They'll be camping at Woodhaven Lakes in Sublette, Illinois just south of Rockford off Interstate 39. Camping with a cop had a ... Read More

The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. April 25 on Interstate 39 in Ogle County south of Rockford. The Illinois State Police said the crash involved three vehicles. A Honda, driven by Clearthis Gardner, ... Read More

Eric Cunningham, the vice president of Collins Aerospace in Rockford, says his outlook on life changed forever after he was burned in an accidental fire in his backyard. Read More

Rockford, IL (April 10, 2024) - A severe collision between a motorcycle and a truck left an adult man with life-threatening injuries on Wednesday, April 10. The incident occurred at the intersection ... Read More

Illinois. If you think Chicago's northern suburbs have it bad on the Kennedy Expressway, get ready if you have to travel to the southwest suburbs. The next phase of construction on Interstate 80 is ... Read More

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WREX) - On Saturday, March 16 around 10:45 p.m., ISP Troop 3 responded to reports of a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Interstate 94 Northbound. A vehicle was stalled in ... Read More

Commercial traffic in and out of the 'Windy City' of Chicago, Illinois, primarily flies through two airports, namely O'Hare International (ORD) and the smaller Midway International (MDW). However, did ... Read More

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) - Two Rockford Mass Transit (RMTD) buses were involved in a crash that shut down a portion of W. State and Church Street Monday evening. The incident happened around 8:30 p.m. Read More

Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) is a major transportation hub and crucial to the northern Illinois region's air traffic. Spanning more than 3,000 acres, ... Read More

(WTVO) - Two men were killed Friday morning in a deadly crash at the I-39 exit ramp on I-90 ... Responders from Cherry Valley Police, the Illinois State Police, Rockford Fire, and Cherry Valley Fire ... Read More

The Winnebago County Coroner has identified Ahmad Williams, 32, of Rockford, as the man killed in a crash on S. Main Street and Pelley Road near the Chicago-Rockford International Airport. Beloit city ... Read More

The 65-year-old male pedestrian has passed away, according to the Rockford Police Department. The driver remained at the scene, the cause of the accident is under investigation. The original story ... Read More

Illinois State Police sharpshooters and crisis negotiators are in a standoff with Floyd E. Brown, 39, of Springfield, on Interstate Highway 55 near Lincoln on March 7, 2019. Antonio Perez / Chicago ... Read More