By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - Leilani Hillis, the ex-vice president of operations for the Rockford Area Economic Development Council, was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for stealing more than $600,000 from the organization. …

UPDATE: A man who showed up at a Rockford hospital told police he was in his car with three children near Hunter Avenue and Broadmoor Drive when a person in another vehicle opened fire. It is not known whether anyone else was injured; the…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - An argument on Fourth of July turned violent Thursday night as for four were shot on Rockford's west side. Police say shortly after 10:00 p.m., Rockford officers responded to the 1100 block of Preston Street…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A Roscoe woman, on Wednesday, pleaded guilty to having sex with a 12-year-old boy. Gina M. Colwell, 41, pleaded guilty to a single count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, a charge she…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - A woman is in critical condition after being shot early Wednesday on the city's west side.  Police say just after midnight, officers located the 33-year-old victim inside a residence in the 2000 block of School…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A 24-year-old Rockford man was pronounced dead at a local hospital early Thursday after being shot on the city's east side. Officers were called to a home in the 3300 block of California Road at…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - Two men are in custody after the body of a missing 23-year-old Rockford man was discovered outside the city, Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea announced Friday. O'Shea said investigators working the…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A Winnebago County judge, on Thursday, ruled that a 22-year-old man accused of killing his father last year is unfit to stand trial. Justin Joiner, was charged with first-degree murder and…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - The Rockford Police Department, on Wednesday, released its latest crime statistics and reported that violent crime was down by 21 percent from January through May compared to the same time last year. In…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - One man is dead and another wanted by police after a shooting in Rockford's near-east side Tuesday morning.  Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea said the department's ShotSpotter alarm was triggered at…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - Five people have been charged after a monthslong drug investigation involving a residence in Rockford and Loves Park bar. According to police, authorities received complaints that 38-year-old…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - Charles S. DeHeaan, the former Rockford-area doctor already serving time in federal prison for Medicare fraud, was sentenced Friday to nine years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for aggravated…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly ramming a vehicle into two local businesses. Richard Overcash, 56, is charged with attempted burglary and criminal damage of property in two…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - The Rockford Police Department is investigating after a truck rammed into a Rockford business. Shortly before 5 a.m., Wednesday, June 12, officers responded to J & F Tobacco, 2410 S. Alpine Road, in…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - The 19-year-old man killed in a shooting last Friday has been identified as Trequan Stamper-Ashford, the Winnebago County Coroner's Office announced Tuesday. Police say the shooting happened around 11 p.m.,…