ROCKFORD (WREX) — The American Hockey League announced today that Rockford IceHogs forward Frank Nazar has been named to the ...

DEKALB (WREX) — Northern Illinois University has accepted an invitation for the Huskies to join the Mountain West Conference ...

MILWAUKEE (WREX) - Pecatonica's basketball team got an amazing opportunity to play in an NBA Arena, and they delivered with ...

The Georgia peanut farmer served one turbulent term in the White House before building a reputation as a global humanitarian ...

FREEPORT (WREX) - Two area stars hit career milestones on Saturday, as Paityn London scored her 1,000th point for Freeport and Belvidere's Emma Pierson hit 2,000.

Friday Night saw three of four teams in the Dixon Holiday Classic Semifinal undefeated with two of those three squaring off ...

Guilford graduate Kate Dennis and Sycamore graduate Lexi Carlsen played against each other in the Convocation Center.

As the first winter storm of 2025 slams parts of the central and southern U.S. today, our northern Illinois area will stay dry but frigid as cold air rushes in behind the storm. Temperatures won't ...

Rockford Fire Department responded to the 200 block of South Sixth Street after multiple calls reporting a structure fire.

ROCKFORD, Ill. - Rockford Fire Department responded to the 200 block of South Sixth Street after multiple calls reporting a structure fire. This morning at 8:10am, RFD responded to the 200 ...

ROCKFORD, Ill (WREX) – Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful will close its locations on Saturday, January 4 due to extreme cold. Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful’s Rockford location at 8409 N.