rescue

This might have been the best drunk decision ever made.

We're all familiar with the image of a firefighter getting a stuck cat out of a tall tree, but Rockford firefighters had a different scenario to deal with Monday.

This elderly woman got the ride of her life during a helicopter rescue.

Rockford's Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary will soon be getting many puppies and pregnant dogs, and they are looking for families willing to give them shelter.

Naperville fire and police rescued an 11-year-old boy who had fallen through the ice of a retention pond Sunday.

I usually think of pirate movies when I see someone with a parrot on their shoulder--not a guy stuck in an Illinois mud pit.

An Illinois man got himself in a bad situation while having his pet parrot on his shoulder.

18-year-old Reed Butz was on I90 during Wednesday night's storm when a semi rolled over. His quick thinking helped save two men trapped inside.

As we get accustomed to living with bears in the stateline area, I came across a feel good story about a bear in Rice Lake, WI. That's 299 miles north/northwest of Rockford, so I assume our bear hasn't wandered that far north. Rumor is that Wisconsin has plenty of their own bears...