As the 150-year-old property awaits development to become an apartment building, the City of Rockford sees potential for other new life in the Madison and Oak Street area. The tool to revive the quiet ...

South Beloit relies far less on grocery taxes. In 2023, the city got about $96,000 in grocery taxes out of its $1.42 million ...

The city of Rockford recently announced its 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, and the majority of that plan aims to address the ...

An expansive weather system and likely winter storm is set to move across the Midwest and Ohio River Valley late this weekend ...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources hosts First Day Hikes at Illinois state parks for people to start the new year outdoors.

“I would say that it’s important to probably get rid of your Christmas Trees within a week of the New Year,” Michael Schnaper, an arson investigator with the fire department in Rockford, Illinois, ...

Pritzker has been investing in the state’s future. With new industries coming to Illinois like clean energy, quantum computing, and advanced manufacturing, Gov. Pritzker’s economic agenda is ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford residents may find themselves represented by a new alderman at City Council once newly drawn maps of the city ... (D-8th Ward). State law requires adjustments ...

As climate shocks get worse, insurance companies are increasingly dropping homeowners facing risks of hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters. Now, the results of a congressional investigation ...

For a full list of new laws, go to the Illinois General Assembly website. Tom Ackerman covers breaking news and trending news along with general news for the Springfield State Journal-Register.

At a ceremony at the Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias will oversee the operation as the state's presidential electors will officially ...

ROCKFORD, Ill - Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie has returned from the State of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Midwest Delegation. While there, she and other elected U.S ...