A man who allegedly shot and killed a local officer assigned to the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at a hotel in Rockford was taken into custody around 5 p.m. Thursday.

LOVES PARK — Police arrested Rockford Scanner founder Rickie Traeger after the staff at the Rock River Times weekly newspaper on Thursday said he had made threatening comments to them. Traeger ...

Rockford Scanner also reported an occupied van floating away in flooded water. Emergency personnel have reached the scene. Also, some cars were found submerged in the parking lot of a grocery ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A 19-year-old cadet in Rockford can now fly the skies for missions like disaster relief and search and rescue. Cadet Captain Ruthie Wriedt joined the Civil Air Patrol (CAP ...

ROCKFORD — The Rockford Police Department will switch all radio communications to fully encrypted digital channels starting at 6:30 a.m. Monday. News organizations and residents who have for ...

The local Rockford Scanner posted another photo of the beige Hyundai over which it leapt, but no details on the Kia driver's condition.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (CN) – A freelance reporter claims police in an Illinois city targeted him for filming their activity, arresting him on false charges and releasing his mugshot along with suspects ...

A man who allegedly shot and killed a local officer assigned to the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at a hotel in Rockford was taken into custody around 5 p.m. Thursday.