Rochelle Municipal Utilities shares information on which areas are experiencing outages after high winds overnight, and how ...

Temperatures will top out around 60° around midday Saturday, but will fall considerably in the afternoon. Sunday’s likely to ...

According to the police department’s annual update, violent crime dropped 8.8 percent from 2023 to 2024 and 29.9 percent from ...

BYRON, Ill. (WIFR) - Students, teachers and the Byron Fire Department jumped into ice-cold water Friday afternoon. They call ...

Hononegah girls soccer team’s defensive leader, Sophie Oberheim, has announced her commitment to play at Eastern Illinois ...

Drew Commesso led the way with a stellar night between the pipes, stopping all 26 shots for his second shutout in 8 days.

WIFR News at 5. An update of today's local and national news headlines along with your First Alert forecast and local sports ...

A letter from Bishop David Malloy urges Catholics to oppose efforts that would make assisted suicide legal in the state of ...

‘This is serious:’ Red flag warning highlights risk of fires spreading quickly across stateline The city’s St. Patrick’s Day ...

Several local athletes made the prestigious list and here is a look at all of them who earned the All-State recognition.

From surpassing 1,000 career points to breaking multiple Freeport school records—including single-game scoring, single-season ...

A 20-year-old man is in custody after someone called police to say he was hiding in their yard, investigators say. 5 teens ...