Six Rockford area teachers were awarded the Golden Apple for teaching excellence during surprise deliveries. Here's who won.

Kellie Kim of Cherry Valley Elementary School in Rockford was one of six area teachers to win a Golden Apple Award on Thursday, March 6, 2025.

What: This year’s theme is Rockford Sports. Activities include Make-a-Monkey workshop ($25 material fee); tour the Sock ...

Three of the Rockford Hockey Club Roadrunner teams will take to the ice at the United Center this weekend, looking for NIHL ...

Eastland boys get chance to do what its state champion girls team did 5 years ago: Beat the No. 1 team it has lost to twice ...

Sports reporter Matt Trowbridge was honored for his work in 2024 by Associated Press Sports Editors in their annual contest, ...

The Byron boys basketball team, which placed third at state last year, falls to Princeton by four in the Marengo Sectional ...

Kianna Degner hit baskets at the right moments in the second half, putting Pecatonica girls basketball on the brink of a state championship.

A female inmate has died while in custody of the Winnebago County Jail. Winnebago County Correctional Officers discovered the 40-year-old woman unresponsive about 4 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, according ...

Three-time NIC-10 champion Guilford, playing its first sectional game in 18 years, loses at the buzzer — or maybe after the buzzer.

President Donald Trump has threatened to cut funding to schools that allow "illegal protests" and agitators could be ...

Here's a look at how weekly regional gas prices changed in Midwest region last week compared with the week prior.