DEKALB, Ill. (WIFR) - A family of five cannot return home after a fire damaged their house Monday afternoon. Just before 1 ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Haze/smoke today with east winds 5 - 10 MPH and a high in the low 80’s. Low 60’s tonight with a few ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law 124 of the 436 bills sent to him by lawmakers in the spring legislative session.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A Rockford Public Schools (RPS 205) initiative will give away free school supplies at an event they ...

WIFR News at 6. An update of today's local and national news headlines along with your First Alert forecast and local sports ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation says construction on the bridge is set to begin Aug. 5, weather permitting.

Police search for answers following a deadly shooting on Rockford’s southwest side.

WIFR News at 6. An update of today's local and national news headlines along with your First Alert forecast and local sports ...

A Rockford man could spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty in a deadly shooting last year on ...

A Rockford man could spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty in a deadly shooting last year on ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Winnebago County Coroner’s Office identifies the man killed in a motorcycle crash. Ralph Fry, 65, ...