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 — 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 ...