Rockford's first Black state representative, Charles "Chuck" Jefferson, has died at age 79. A U.S. Army veteran, Jefferson represented the 67th District for 13 years from April 2001 to July 2014.

Rockford native, author, artist, athlete and founder of The Pumpkin Patch in Caledonia, Frank Fiorello died in December at age 78. Fiorello contracted polio in October 1955 at age 8, just weeks ...

Ah, Rockford—the accidental midway stop that nobody asked for but everyone now loves. Back in the early 1830s, three intrepid travelers from Galena decided to plop down here, likely because they were ...

Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Rockford. Provided Share Jesus Macias’ mother was his world. During the holidays he would make the trip from Cherry Valley, a village just outside ...

The eggs hatch into painful larvae, and then maggots “screw into flesh with sharp mouth hooks” leading to a parasitic infection. TPWD officials said female screwworm flies are drawn to the ...

He taught me so much," said Lucero Rivas, the victim's niece. Loved ones remember Macias as a hardworking man from the Rockford area who adored his family, horse racing and mowing the grass on his ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A fire in Rockford’s midtown district has led to a residential building being destroyed. Firefighters were called to the home, located at 212 S. 6th Street, at 8:10 a.m ...