Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara said a federal funding pause ordered by President Donald Trump has placed needed assistance programs and jobs at risk.

Rockford and Springfield, with the highest increase at 2,200 in Champaign-Urbana. The areas with the biggest increase in unemployment rates are Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL, Chicago ...

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

Winnebago County Public Health Administrator Sandra Martell said although the Rockford region, like the rest of Illinois, is seeing an increase in "communicable respiratory and gastrointestinal ...