Several Freeport and Stephenson County business groups are combining forces to promote the area.

ARIES After a long period of negotiation, you’ll finally get the green light from your banker to acquire a property or finance a project that’s important to you. Your future will meet, even exceed, your expectations. TAURUS You’ll…

A follow-up bill to Illinois' school funding reform law is headed to the state Senate after winning approval from members of the House.

Rockford needs home rule; it’s that simple. Without it, the city’s interest rates will continue to climb, our industries will continue to miss opportunities, our citizens will continue to pay more for less.

A college professor and a journalist say they received emails from P.S. Ruckman just days before his body and the bodies of his two sons were found in an apparent murder-suicide.

Federal health officials say emergency room visits for suspected opioid overdoses increased 109 percent in Wisconsin from July 2016 to September 2017.

A man who tried to ram a stolen vehicle into a central Illinois airport terminal says he was worried about an impending zombie apocalypse.

When it comes to legitimately letting wind of where he could be leaning in roster acquisitions, Bears general manager Ryan Pace instead prefers to play it close to the vest.

This week, Rockford Rocked Interviews catches up with Robert Balderrama, the guitarist and co-founder of the Mysterians

By Chase Cavanaugh WNIJ News ROCKFORD — Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner brought his budget ideas to employees at Ingersoll Machine Tools in Rockford Tuesday. Rauner said he wanted to improve the business climate in the state by…

This is for those who have ever looked at a coin and thought they could have come up with a better design.

Striking University of Illinois graduate students occupied the school president's office ahead of another day of negotiations.

Take a moment to listen to this deeply moving story from Sharon Nesbit-Davis revolving around marriage, motherhood and the discrimination she received from a doctor for being married to a black man.

The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday to roll back some of the safeguards Congress put in place to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis.

Top economic adviser Gary Cohn is leaving the White House after breaking with President Donald Trump on trade policy, the latest in a string of high-level departures from the West Wing.