BELVIDERE, Ill. (WIFR) - Police ask for assistance from residents in an investigation of mail theft. Police say the incident ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirms Illinois’ first human case of West Nile virus of 2025.

(WIFR) - The Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirms Illinois’ first human case of West Nile virus of 2025. A ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Rockford Public Schools is hiring for all positions across the district at a job fair on Wednesday.

A man suffers a non-life-threatening injury from a shooting early Wednesday morning, according to investigators.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Mostly cloudy and humid today with highs in the middle 80’s. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon with a slight chance for severe storms that ...

Thursday will offer more sunshine across the region, but highs will jump back into the lower to mid-90s. Combine this with our humidity and our heat index values will jump to the upper 90s.

Crops like strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries have been hit by an intense heat, leading to supply and quality issues ...

‘It means the world to us’: Central Terrace Co-Op in Rockford receives $930K for home improvements ...

In his 28th year with FFD, heat waves are nothing new. The Deputy Chief argues temperatures reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit – ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A Rockford man learns his fate for trafficking drugs and having a loaded gun. Jovino Ramirez, 35, ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to announce Thursday he plans to run for reelection, according to multiple reports.