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Here is some exciting news about another Rockfordian being in the spotlight in a professional sport.

Illinois is the only state in the region that requires a Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) card to possess a firearm and/or buy ammunition (the constitutionality of that requirement being challenged at the State Supreme Court).

Thankfully, the driver was in the right place at the right time or the small boy could have found himself in a dangerous spot, literally.

Illinois’ unemployment rate is still lagging behind the rest of the nation and is the highest of all Midwestern states at 7.1%, leaving 436,400 Illinoisans looking for work, according to analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute.

What's up with the bucket missing from the I-39 skyline?

For nearly a week now, bobcats have been a pretty hot topic thanks to a video from North Carolina home's surveillance camera that went absolutely viral.

Alexis Wilhelm, of Oregon, Illinois, is a Q98.5 Hometown Hero because of her tireless effort to fulfill the wishes of elderly residents at a local nursing home.

BMO Harris Bank Center to welcome back Rockford IceHogs during the final three home games of the 2020-2021 AHL season.

Learn more about Illinois bicycle laws and safety.

Two children narrowly escaped an apartment fire by leaping from a second-story window on Rockford's west side.