Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 9,589 ...

Here’s hoping the anti-EV rhetoric from the Oval Office is just talk, and that the influential Musk is right about “ridiculously good” times ahead.

Illinois lawmakers just introduced legislation to ban school-based ticketing. It’s where students receive fines for city ...

Kathi Edwards is a freelance correspondent for the Rockford Register Star.

OLSHA never won a football game as (by far) smallest team in IHSA history. But is near .500 as a girls basketball team entering playoffs.

Several Illinois programs offer free income tax preparation for low-to-moderate income families and older adults who may need ...

The Super Bowl reporter found dead in a Louisiana hotel room on Feb. 5 can be seen in a new security photo released by Kenner ...

Amanda Nelson, 34, faces years behind bars after stabbing her girlfriend and setting her house on fire in 2023.

The driver was picking up food at a Prairie Street Brewing Co. on Wednesday afternoon when the car started sliding down a ...

The Illinois Department on Aging has named Lifescape Community Services as the state’s Adult Protective Services provider in Lake County, effective as of Oct. 1, 2024.

Change is underway at Mid-West Family Broadcasting. Tom Walker, the company's third-generation President, is transitioning to ...

One of the biggest fundraising events for the Special Olympics is coming soon to Rockford, so get ready to "be bold and get ...