The winter weather advisory was extended to include Southern Wisconsin until 3AM Thursday. Northwestern Illinois will see the ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Drivers are urged to find an alternate route while police investigate a crash involving a pedestrian.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Two teens face multiple charges after police say they found guns and drugs during a traffic stop.

Rockford will benefit from $2.4 million in funding for “site ready” construction projects aimed at laying the groundwork for upcoming development. The money ...

A 35-year-old Rockford man found guilty of having multiple baggies of meth during a traffic stop faces decades behind bars.

The Illinois State Police have released video from body-worn and dash cameras that appears to show Eastern Illinois University student Yahacov Dennis grabbing an officer's firearm from its holster ...

Kayleigh Randle joins the LEX 18 news team after spending the past two years as a multimedia journalist, weather anchor, and anchor at WIFR-23 News in Rockford, Illinois. Kayleigh grew up in the ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- At least two people died in two separate crashes on I-57 in Chicago's south suburbs, Illinois State Police said. A stolen Amazon vehicle was involved in the first of the ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said he would block pardoned Capitol insurrectionists from serving in local government positions, citing a state law ordinance, according to a Thursday letter ...

On Sunday, the Rock Island State’s Attorney’s Office released a statement about a report concerning a fatal officer-involved shooting Jan. 5 in Rock Island. Jakarta Jackson (Linda ...

State Rep. Bob Rita had famously testified in the 2023 “ComEd Four” trial that his former boss Madigan ruled the House ...