Since taking office last month, Trump has made a series of rookie management mistakes, writes Rockford's Jeremy Ennis.

"Protecting Americans’ right to bear arms is not putting guns before people," writes Donald Woolery of Rockford.

The Rock River Valley Blood Center held its annual Straight from the Heart Valentine's Day blood drive on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Cherry Valley.

The drive called for Rockford-area residents to come and donate blood, to collect at least 30 donations throughout the event, all of which would be donated to local hospitals. The Rock River Valley ...

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 ...

Don't look now but Michigan is making a move in the Big Ten and also ascending in the latest Bracketology prediction for the ...

Walk into Loves Park's Flowers on River Park the day before Valentine's Day and all you can smell is fresh cut flowers.

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

Rockford girls basketball playoff power rankings led by a Byron team that played a historically tough schedule ...

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

Flowers on River Park prepares for Valentine's Day on Feb. 13, 2025.

No. 7 Orangeville wins 42-38 on No. 3 Pecatonica's home floor to create a tie for first in NUIC North girls basketball race with one game to play.