Three cars were stolen last night on Rockford's south-side and police say the crimes are all connected.

There are famous last words and last rites. There's even a new book out on last meals.

A child who was found unconscious and not breathing at a residence in rural Chadwick on Sunday morning died the next day.

ROCKFORD a ' Republican Candidate Bill Brady and Independent Candidate Scott Lee Cohen made campaign stops in Rockford.

SwedishAmerican Medical Group/Marengo is now open and accepting patients. The 7,000 square foot new clinic is located in the Marengo Professional Building at 204 Prairie Street.

Students and parents across Rockford have made it through their first week of school but not without some changes.

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $4,598,473 grant to the Greater Rockford Airport Authority.

Last week Crime Stoppers and channel 23 showed the individual responsible for a purse theft and subsequent use of credit cards from that purse.

Red delicious apples at Homestead Orchard in Woodstock. Don Burda owner of Homestead Orchard in Woodstock said all varieties of apples are two to three weeks early this year and all the apple should be picked by the end of October.

Local Economic Development Leaders will head to Chicago in a few weeks to participate in a trade show to showcase prime industrial real estate in the area .

ROCKFORD, Ill. - Last week, two Rockford Public Schools 205 buses were involved in crashes here, leaving one dead and five injured.

Watchwords: Be the local watering hole. Strategy Create special events that invite families and groups to come to the waterpark for more than just a day, then make them feel at home.

Jane Cunningham Croly, journalist, author, editor, and woman's club leader, was born in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, the fourth child of Jane Scott and Joseph Howes Cunningham, a Unitarian preacher.

Police are looking for the man who robbed the S&H Tobacco Shop in the 27-hundred block of 11th Street tonight.

They're 22-year-old Tearaney Gulley, 45-year-old Anthony Stevens and 25-year-old Pierre Stevens.

Police officials are investigating injuries to a Chadwick, Ill., child who was found unconscious at a residence in the rural community Sunday morning.

FMA Communications Inc., Rockford, Ill., has announced a partnership with the National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association .

Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum is in a national contest for $25,000. The organization wants to be known as a "place that matters." Tonight, the group is holding their last concert series of the summer.

These suspects were taken into custody last night. The department's M3 Street Team conducted the sting after hearing complaints within the area.

Local parks and pools are finishing up the summer months on top after scrapping through a difficult season last year.