ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX/WIFR) — A service designed to make travel easier for those flying out of Rockford will end less than a year after it launched. Friday, the Chicago Rockford International Airport ...

The weekend is kicking off on quite the soggy start, but we get back to a seasonably sunny and warm pattern soon!

Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Children’s Social Media Safety Act — a bill designed to protect children online and limit their access to addictive social media algorithms. The bill would require social ...

SPRINGFIELD – Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson will remain in prison, at least for the time being. The Illinois Prisoner Review Board voted unanimously Friday to deny Grayson’s ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — A jury has found a Rockford man guilty of sexually assaulting a child hundreds of times over nearly a decade. Deonte Johnson, 39, was convicted of two counts of predatory ...

Periods of rain are expected from this afternoon through Saturday evening, with a chance of thunderstorms. There is potential for locally heavy rainfall, with some areas possibly seeing two inches ...

ROCKTON, Ill. (WREX/WIFR) — The Rockton Police Department posts body camera footage from an incident on Monday, July 27. Police posted a statement and over an hour of body camera video on Facebook ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — A Rockford man is facing charges after police say gunfire struck a car and a home on Knight Ave. Rockford Police were called to the 2400 block of Knight Ave. at around 10:15 ...

Have those umbrellas ready for quite a soggy transition from July to August between Friday and Saturday. A storm system will be passing by to our south, allowing a shield of widespread rain to pivot ...

DeKALB COUNTY, Ill. (WREX) — A man was found in Rockford and charged with stealing tools and equipment from a construction site in DeKalb County Wednesday. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office says ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — A Rockford man and woman are facing multiple charges after police say they sexually assaulted two girls under the age of 13. Rockford Police Department Sensitive Crimes ...

DeKALB, Ill. (WREX) — A man died and a 1-year-old child was injured after their car was found submerged upside down in a creek on Wednesday. The DeKalb Police Department received a report of the pair ...