WIFR News at 6. An update of today's local and national news headlines along with your First Alert forecast and local sports ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Operation Fallen Flags hosted a dinner to celebrate VE Day, May 8, which marks 80 years since Nazi ...

Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States. The 69-year-old Chicago native is also a ...

Blocking occurs when a high pressure system sits over a region for at least 5 days. There are three different patterns where ...

The Beloit Police Department will need to find a new leader as chief of police Andre Sayles announces his resignation.

Just in time for spring cleaning, Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful partners with Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois to ...

A 20-year-old Rockford man with outstanding warrants is arrested after he tried to hide from officers, police report.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - FedEx confirms Thursday its ship center at 5156 American Road will close in September. The company ...

WIFR News at 6. An update of today's local and national news headlines along with your First Alert forecast and local sports ...

A 49-year-old Rockford man is charged with burglary following a break-in at a local convenience store, according to ...

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Two Men and a Truck delivers donations Thursday to area shelters that help survivors of ...

More substantial warming is to take place on Saturday as winds realign out of the west and southwest. Temperatures will catapult up to around 80° Saturday, but may fall off in the afternoon as a front ...