Rockford ranked No. 1 on Realtor.com's list of the Hottest Housing Markets in December, surpassing 300 other metro areas across the country.

Pawn shop owners charged A family that owns several pawn shops throughout Central Illinois is being charged by the Illinois Attorney General for allegedly running an organized retail crime enterprise.

Rockford may be just the fifth largest city in Illinois, but its housing market has been named the hottest in the nation.

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Ah, Rockford—the accidental midway stop that nobody asked for but everyone now loves. Back in the early 1830s, three intrepid travelers from Galena decided to plop down here, likely because they were tired of trudging between Chicago and Galena without a decent rest stop.

Rockford-area residents respond to new legislation that will align Illinois driving standards with the rest of the country.

Police are asking residents of Illinois and neighboring states to be on the lookout for a 4-year-old girl who was abducted near her home in Rock Island on Thursday morning. Gospel music's SOAR Awards return to Rockford, moving to Hard Rock Live

Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition is back at Sinnissippi Park and the preparation for the bitter battle seems to be going without a hitch.

ROCKFORD, Ill. - An Illinois city has risen to the top of Realtor.com’s Hottest Housing Markets list. Rockford, Illinois, has taken the No. 1 spot, a first for the city. The December rankings saw Rockford overtaking Manchester, New Hampshire, which has dominated the list 31 times since 2017.

Rockford's Charles "Chuck" Jefferson was a Winnebago County Board member and served in the General Assembly for 13 years. He died at age 79.

It's been cold, and while it hasn't been an absolutely brutal winter in Rockford, Chicago, and Northern Illinois as a whole, the weather still kind of sucks.

Former Illinois State Representative Chuck Jefferson, who covered the city of Rockford and other Stateline-area communities, has died. Jefferson served the state's 67th District for 14 years. Prior, he served as campaign manager for Charles Box, Rockford's first black mayor, in the 1980s.