Starting Tuesday, Feb. 6, the existing station at the corner of West State and Court streets will be torn down and replaced with a new facility. Construction is expected to take about a year.

RAHMA's biggest point of concern is Rockford's hotel tax the city could increase with home rule powers. The Rockford Regional Good Government PAC says home rule would improve the city's quality of life.

William Emanuel, already criticized for allegedly favoring clients of the corporate law firm he used to work for, now faces a probe by the agency’s inspector general.

Year-end crime statistics from 2017 showed an improvement over the previous year, city officials reported Thursday.

You can file your Illinois tax return now, but it's going to be a while before you get your refund.

An interstate partnership has been established to help cover costs of operating a system proposed for a Chicago-area waterway that would help keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.

The mother of a driver shot to death during a traffic stop has filed a lawsuit against the city of Rock Falls and a police officer.

Police set up perimeter and found Johannesen allegedly attempting to hijack a Winnebago County squad car near the truck stop.

State Rep. John Cabello introduced a bill seeking to limit the ability of home rule cities to raise or impose new taxes, but Mayor Tom McNamara has questioned how Springfield can impose such limits given their own budget struggles.

An Illinois House committee Tuesday afternoon began exploring the idea of borrowing more than $100 billion to both invest and to help pay down the state's $130 billion unfunded pension liability.

Introduced Jan. 22, House Bill 4296 would lower the age from 14 to 12. It was assigned to the Illinois House Criminal Committee Tuesday.

The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office will complete an upgrade to its radio systems Thursday, Feb. 1, moving its communications onto encrypted channels.

Rockford Democratic State Sen. Steve Stadelman: “While the governor laid out broad ideas today, he again failed to present a plan to accomplish them."

Gov. Bruce Rauner urged bipartisanship Wednesday to confront Illinois' economic crisis, at times drawing mock applause from Democratic legislators who blame him for exacerbating the mess by proposing tax cuts they say the state can't…

The Rockford Park District is asking citizens to help secure a new LED lighting system for the Riverview Ice House.