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ROCKFORD — The death of a Winnebago County Jail inmate is being investigated by the Winnebago Boone Integrity Task Force. Correctional officers found Christian K. Luttrell, 44, of Rockford, unresponsive in his jail cell at about 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from Illinois State Police. Correctional...

Finding great food in places where you'd least likely expect is half the fun. Sure you can go to a restaurant that has extravagant decor and outrageous prices to match, then again you can find great food inside a gas station. When I lived in Kansas City, one of the...

A Fitchburg man who is wanted for a July killing has been caught in Ohio. Authorities say 27-year-old Aquille Lowe is being held in the Montgomery County Jail in Dayton while he awaits extradition to Wisconsin. A charge of first-degree intentional homicide is expected to be filed against Lowe for...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - 34-year-old Sara Hughes of Rockford has been identified as the woman who smashed a store front window at a downtown Rockford business. Hughes is wanted in connection with an attempted burglary on Monday, August 1. She’s been charged with felony criminal damage to property. Just...

LOVES PARK — A 30-year-old man was shot to death Friday night in Loves Park, police said. Officers were called to the 200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue where they found a man in the backyard of his residence, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The man was later identified as Dijoune Nelson, of Loves Park.

My Rockford-born wife has many great memories of family meals here. With their enormous menu, nobody ever left the table unhappy. When I first moved to Rockford, anytime someone brought up grabbing some takeout, this Rockford area staple was mentioned. If you said nobody in your group could decide on where to get food, this place was the remedy. The food was always ready quickly and always delicious.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac has been predicting the weather for centuries, and we’re learning more about what the publication believes is in store for the Chicago area this winter. According to this year’s forecast, which will be released later this month, parts of the upper Midwest, including the...

BELOIT, Wis. (WTVO) — The City of Beloit is getting $13 million in federal funding to fix up the roads around where a new casino is going. Bike and pedestrian lanes will be added to Willowbrook Road from Milwaukee Road to the stateline, as well as Colley Road to Gateway Boulevard. Additional traffic lights will […]

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Rockford Police Department is asking for residents’ help in finding a woman that they said broke a store window. Officers responded to Minglewood, 333 E. State St., around 12:40 p.m. Monday for reports of criminal damage to property, according to the department. Officers were advised upon arrival that the suspect […]

JANESVILLE If Janesville City Manager Mark Freitag gets a vote of confidence from a city council in another state, he’ll leave Janesville for a new job in the Denver suburbs. The city of Janesville hasn’t announced the news, but emblazoned across the top of the city of Westminster, Colorado’s website is a bold headline: “Mark Freitag: Selected as finalist for city manager.” ...

There are 2 different scenes on I-90. The other scene is https://rockfordscanner.com/2022/08/rs-2017/. Traffic is reported to be at a standstill. Sources are reporting a bad accident. It happened this morning on I-90 near mile marker 26. Reports of a semi and multiple vehicles have crashed. One of the vehicles is...

BELOIT, Wis. — The City of Beloit and the Ho-Chunk Nation got some help from the federal government to repair roads. The city received nearly $13.5 million as part of a RAISE grant Wednesday. RAISE grants are given by the federal government to support infrastructure projects such as roads and public transit. Beloit will use the grant to build a...

We sat on this for several hours, hoping police would be transparent and release information. Sadly, they have not. So we are going to post the information that HAS been provided to us…. Approx. 50 police officers and FBI agents were chasing a vehicle yesterday. During the chase, spike strips...

BELOIT The United Way Blackhawk Region’s Day of Caring is scheduled for Sept. 14, and the deadline is fast approaching for volunteers to register to lend a helping hand to area nonprofits. The Day of Caring partners volunteers from local companies and nonprofit organizations. The volunteers complete projects for the nonprofit agencies as a way to kick off the United Way’s fundraising campaign. ...

LOVES PARK, Ill. (WTVO) — UPDATE: Dijoune Nelson, 30, was shot while outside of his residence, according to the Winnebago County Coroner’s Office. Officers were called to a residence in the 200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue around 11 p.m., according to the Loves Park Police Department. They found Nelson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in […]

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