Realtor.com placed Rockford, Illinois at the top of its Hottest Housing Markets list for December 2024. Here's why ...

Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series “Mad Men,” was named Tuesday as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard ...

A longtime Rockford area lawmaker has died. Chuck Jefferson served in elected office for 24 years, beginning as a Winnebago ...

Frank Fiorello, an author, illustrator and Rockford native, died Dec. 16, 2024, at age 78 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he ...

Inferno Clay Studio and Gallery Space is a new women-led, artist-run, not-for-profit business ceramic studio in Rockford.

Want to know where your favorite Rockford-area high school athletes will play sports in college next year? Here is a list of ...

Stacker compiled the highest paying jobs for high school graduates in Rockford, IL using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

Rockford’s high school seniors can apply for the Rockford Promise scholarship to Rockford University, Rock Valley College or Northern Illinois University. The scholarship covers all tuition and fees ...

The Rockford Promise NIU Scholarship program now supports more than 400 young people attending Northern Illinois University tuition- and fee-free. Over 60% of these scholars are people of color ...

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Rockford University’s first Smash tournament ... third place gets $25. On Nov. 16, northern Illinois-based Greninja player ...