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Experience breathtaking lights woven throughout beautiful Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford.

Jesse Alar, 37, pleaded guilty Nov. 7 to unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.

In Illinois, only one of the 17 congressional districts falls into the “competitive” category – the 17th District, which covers much of northwest Illinois, including Rockford, the Quad Cities area, Peoria, and Bloomington-Normal.

Two people who were apparently shot at a home near Wonder Lake Thursday survived and were taken by medical helicopters to separate hospitals.

Watch as world-class ice skaters and acrobats claim their frozen playground with speed and grace, challenging the laws of gravity with daring acrobatics.

Vintage vehicles, reenactments are part of event.

During this “timed cut-off,” each participate Texas Roadhouse meat cutter will cut 20 to 30 pounds of beef to qualify for the national competition.

Calvin Jackson of Rockford, who police say set up a meeting between a woman and a Woodstock man and then entered the man's house and robbed him, was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years in prison.

Plans to extend rail service between Chicago and Rockford is the topic of public meetings Tuesday in Elgin and Wednesday in Huntley. Stops are planned for both towns.

Huntley has been chosen as a stop on a new Chicago-to-Rockford Metra train line, and local officials are mulling where in downtown Huntley the station might go.

A federal judge in Rockford has declared a state law banning concealed firearms on public transit systems unconstitutional – at least as it applies to four individuals who challenged it in court. But the law remains in effect for everyone else

Cheap Trick’s mega hit “I Want You to Want Me” rang true Thursday as hundreds of people waited to get inside the new Hard Rock Casino Rockford, which offers a Hard Rock Live entertainment venue intertwined with music memorabilia, including some from Rockford's own Cheap Trick.

Hard Rock Casino Rockford opened with a smash Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Gov. JB Pritzker, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen and others welcomed the new casino and live music venue in a raucous ceremony at the East State Street location.

A man is in serious condition from a traumatic lawnmower injury Wednesday afternoon near Marengo, officials report.

The body of Carter McGowan was found about 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 4300 block of North Route 2 – midway between Oregon and Byron – by an individual searching for fossils along the river, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said.

McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner was shot and killed while serving a warrant five years ago. A new initiative for fallen officers' families is being done in his honor.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed a measure designating the “giant puffball” as the state’s mushroom after signing hundreds of bills on Friday, completing action on legislation sent to him by lawmakers this spring.

Victim, family are supportive of court's decision.

As President Joe Biden announces his resignation from the presidential election, local politicians react to the news with republicans standing united with Trump and democrats supporting new nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

A Rockford man arrested in McHenry in 2022 pleaded guilty to unlawful possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine Friday and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Quran Broomfield, 18, pleaded guilty to armed robbery charge in Woodstock and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Authorities believe Carter Mcgowan entered the Rock River in Rockford on Jan. 22. His body has not been found.

Three men have been charged in connection with the fentanyl overdose of a Crystal Lake man.

A 5K held last month at Huntley High School raised $17,500 to help military veterans served at Veterans Path to Hope in Crystal Lake struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder.

An Ogle County sheriff’s deputy was released from a Rockford hospital Friday night, just two days after he was shot in the line of duty during a standoff with a rural Dixon resident at Lost Lake.

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Illinois appears likely to join most of the rest of the country in requiring that the state’s Electoral College votes go to the winner of the state’s popular election.

A 64-year-old Rockford man agreed to a sentence of 21 years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea to felony charges related to sexual assault and abuse of two children under age 13.

A new measure being debated in the Illinois General Assembly would create a tax credit for certain news publishers based on the number of reporters they employ.

Delano Albert, 35, was initially charged with 17 offenses, including narcotics racketeering, methamphetamine conspiracy, armed violence and possessing a firearm as a felon. Those charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

A Rockford man accused of stealing a vehicle from an Algonquin dealership pleaded guilty to burglary Friday and was sentenced to four years in prison.

A corrections officer in the McHenry County jail saw an inmate “slumped in his cell in medical distress” did not return for five minutes, despite knowing his history of seizures, lawsuit claims.

Nurses on Mercyhealth's REACT medical helicopter team share what it's like to provide care in the air.

A former DeKalb woman charged with drug-induced homicide in the fatal fentanyl overdose of a man in Marengo pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Plea agreement had been reached in Eric Hentges’ Ogle County offense, which occurred March 4.

Delano Albert, 35, who is charged with 17 offenses, including narcotics racketeering, delivery of methamphetamine, methamphetamine conspiracy, armed violence and possessing a firearm as a felon, will remain in jail.

A judge in Rockford is expected to consider prosecutors’ request that Christian Soto remain jailed pending trial.

Jesse Alar, 36, was supposed to appear in court for a detention hearing, but failed to appear.

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is holding hiring events around the state as part of Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposed headcount increase at the agency. Under the plan, the agency would grow from 3,450 employees to 4,000. The headcount in 2017 was 2,481.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in a frenzied stabbing rampage that killed four people in a matter of minutes in Rockford, authorities said Thursday.

A suspect is in police custody and was being questioned Wednesday afternoon, according to Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd. She said one of the people who was wounded remained in critical condition.

The YWCA Northwestern Illinois officially extended its reach to McHenry County during a grand opening celebration in Crystal Lake this week.

A woman suffered serious injuries from a rollover crash Sunday evening on Route 47 in Woodstock, the local fire-rescue district reported.

A 19-year-old Harvard man has died from injuries he suffered in a car crash along Route 14 near Woodstock.

Weather may have been a contributing factor to a crash that sent a 23-year-old Woodstock man to the hospital in critical condition, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said.

Two people were charged in a Woodstock home invasion where a man was held at knife-point after arranging a meeting with one of the people now accused, authorities said.

A plane carrying migrants from Texas that landed in Rockford Sunday has prompted DeKalb city officials to propose a plan that would regulate any future arrivals of unexpected migrant groups in town, said City Manager Bill Nicklas Tuesday. The City Council meets 5 p.m. Thursday.

This year’s Christmas weather is unseasonably warm and rainy in Northern Illinois.

A Lakemoor man accused of driving drunk before causing a fatal wreck that killed a Rockford man who was on his way home from a family wedding in October on Monday was ordered to remain in jail while awaiting trial.

A warrant was issued for a Lakemoor man whose misdemeanor DUI charges were upgraded ina vehicle crash that killed a Rockford man.

The attorney general is prosecuting the owner of a Rockford firearms training company and a GOP candidate for state Senate who the AG says falsified information in Ogle County for clients applying for conceal-carry permits.