Elaine Breck is a co-founder and former executive director of Rockford Promise and a finalist for the 2024 Excalibur Award.

Runner's Image has equipped generations of Rockford area runners. It is closing its doors after more than four decades in ...

Young Hononegah team finds way to make Guilford uncomfortable, pulls away to extend its record NIC-10 girls basketball win streak to 59 games in a row ...

Taylor Davidson and the Stillman Valley Cardinals are 9-0 and looking for more as they soar into the girls basketball season.

Antonio Ramirez Jr. grew up in southwest Rockford and now advocates for the area's revival. He is a 2024 finalist for the ...

Steiner Electric Co. would move its Loves Park operation to a Rockford industrial park under a proposed development agreement ...

The two juniors were the only local Class 2A players to win their first-round match at state, beating a St. Charles East duo ...

The ICCA cheerleading organization, which will dole out $25K worth of scholarships, hosted a championship qualifier at ...

Big Northern and NUIC all-conference football selections, first team, second team, honorable mention and MVPs.

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For many of the World War II veterans gathered in Rockford this past weekend, the Pearl Harbor attack was a call to service and a life-changing event.

As Nikolas Ritschel crisscrossed the country with his mother, Kelli Ritschel Boehle, in a desperate fight to stop the rare cancer that would eventually claim his life, he met a young man named Nate ...