SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Community College Board is planning to roll out several alternative ways for people to earn their high school equivalency certificate, other than passing a test. The board plans to offer other methods by the…

By Jim Hagerty Contributor CITY HALL -- The City of Rockford will utilize a federal grant to help with the cost of hiring more police officers, aldermen agreed Tuesday, Jan. 2. The $625,000 grant will allow the Rockford Police…

By Jim Hagerty Contributor BMO HARRIS BANK CENTER -- Former Rockford forwards, brothers Alex and Terry Broadhurst collected five points between them as the Cleveland Monsters skated past the IceHogs 4-1 in American Hockey League action…

ROCKFORD -- The Rockford Housing Authority looked in-house to temporarily replace CEO Larry Williams, who left his post for an out-of-state housing agency last month. Chief Operating Officer Laura Snyder was announced Tuesday as the…

ROCKFORD -- Nobody was injured Tuesday afternoon after a pedestrian fired a gun into the windshield of a car that almost hit her. Police say the incident happened around 2 p.m., in the 1500 block of Rose Avenue. The driver of the car, a…

By Todd Richmond  Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Students would be able to earn money for college by building trails, shoring up stream banks and restoring prairies under a bipartisan bill winding its way through the Wisconsin…

By Jim Hagerty Contributor ROCKFORD -- Winnebago County and the City of Rockford plan to file a lawsuit against companies that distribute and manufacture opioids, officials announced Tuesday. The announcement comes a month after…

CHICAGO — The National Weather Service says Monday was the coldest New Year's Day on record in Rockford with a high of minus 1 degree and Chicago with a high of 1 degree. The bitter cold continued Tuesday as the weather service issued…

MILWAUKEE — Bone-chilling cold gripped much of the U.S. as 2018 began, breaking century-old records and leading to several deaths that authorities attributed to exposure to the dangerously low temperatures. The National Weather Service…

UTICA — Firefighters are battling a blaze at a resort near Starved Rock State Park. Utica Fire Chief Ben Brown says the fire alarm sounded at Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. No injuries have been reported. …