Update: The victim in Tuesday's fatal shooting has been identified as 40-year-old Rockford resident Robert Wash. Staff Report ROCKFORD - Investigators are on the scene of a homicide that occurred Tuesday on the city's southeast…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - The family of a man fatally shot by police inside his home last year has filed a wrongful death suit against the City of Rockford. The lawsuit arises from the Dec. 31, 2018 police shooting of…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A Rockford woman was sent to prison for 15 years Wednesday for supply drugs that killed two people last year.  Karen Hernandez, 54, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug-induced homicide and received 15 years…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - The Roscoe mom who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two boys was sentenced to prison Wednesday. Gina M. Colwell, 41, was sentenced to 7 1/2 years behind bars for predatory criminal sexual assault…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter BYRON - A 37-year-old man has been charged with murder in the deaths of his ex-wife and son, who both died in a house fire nearly three years ago.  Duane Meyer is charged with four counts of first-degree…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Investigators with the Rockford Police Department are looking for a man they say robbed a gas station at knifepoint Tuesday morning on the far-east side of the city.  Police say at around 10:40 a.m., Oct. 8,…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - Officers with the Rockford Police Department responded to a shots-fired incident that sent a 63-year-old man to the hospital Monday morning. At around 8:30 a.m., Rockford officers responded to the 400 block of…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A Rockford man is in custody following a shooting that left one dead and other wounded inside a Machesney Park bar early Sunday. Kenneth J. Johnson, 28, is charged with eight counts of first-degree…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A shooting inside a Machesney Park bar left one man dead and another wounded early Sunday.  According to the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, the shooting occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m., after a fight…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced Friday to four years in federal prison on one count of armed bank robbery and one count of bank robbery.  Demontrion Phillips, 25, pleaded guilty earlier this year to the armed…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A third suspect has been charged in the death of a 31-year-old man whose body was found last year in rural Winnebago County, Sheriff Gary Caruana's office announced Thursday.  Amber N. Brewer, 27,…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A Rockford is charged with beating and strangling a woman during a domestic dispute early Thursday on the city's west side. According to police, at about 1:15 a.m., officers arrived at an apartment in the 4200…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - Lawyers for "Making a Murderer" subject Brendan Dassey, on Wednesday, filed a petition for clemency with the Wisconsin Pardon Advisory Board. Filed by noted post-conviction attorneys Lara Nirider…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A woman was robbed while she was changing a tire Sunday on the city's west side.  Police say at about 1:15 p.m., the 30-year-old victim was approached by a man who offered to help her fix the flat tire near…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD -  The 30-year-old male victim in a shooting earlier this week at the intersection of Sixth and East State streets has died, police reported Thursday night.  The man and a 30-year-old woman were…