An idea to create a community poetry event materialized into an inclusive art experience that connects the community.

Lunar New Year, the 51st annual Rockford Boat, Vacation and Fishing Show and Rockford Ale Fest, along with fundraisers, live music, comedy shows and more to the Rockford area. What: Comedian Anjelah ...

Trump's New Military Executive Orders Set for Pete Hegseth's First Day Top 10 Funniest Movie After Credits Bloopers Referee ...

The Rock County Medical Examiner has identified 27-year-old Christian Caldwell as the victim of a fatal automobile accident ...

Viewers first met 90 Day Fiancé star Natalie Mordovtseva’s love interest, Josh Weinstein, on season 2 of the spinoff 90 Day: The Single Life in 2022. After initially meeting at a modeling event, he ...

The Rockford Soar Awards will take place Feb. 3 at the Hard Rock Casino Rockford. Here's what organizers have in store.

Students at a Rockford middle school are working on a project designed to bring light to children in Africa. 7th Grade students at Thurgood Marshall Middle School, at 4664 ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A 53-year-old man will go to prison for sexually abusing two children. Thurman Leak is sentenced to five and a half years behind bars for each of the two counts of ...

You’re wild about birds and your camera. Now combine your passions by entering the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards. This year, we’re following birds where they migrate and offering new prizes across ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The annual Soar Awards celebrate local leaders, creatives and innovators. The ceremony takes place at 6 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Hard Rock Casino in Rockford. Award-winning ...

Comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the ceremony. The 2025 Golden Globes kicked off awards season Sunday night as the best in film and television were honored. Brady Corbet's "The Brutalist" and Jacques ...

A Rockford man has been charged with fleeing police following a traffic stop. Mathew Polanco, 34, has been charged with two counts of aggravated fleeing and arrested on warrants for aggravated ...