For the second time a week, a deceased adult male has been pulled from the Rock River. The body of man was pulled from the water Sunday afternoon under the Jefferson Street Bridge in downtown Rockford, said Cori Hilliard of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office. The Winnebago County Coroner’s Office is working to identify the […]
Hononegah High School senior Cassidy Davenport is this week’s Rockford Register Star Student of the Week. Davenport received nearly 70% of the vote in the Student of the Week poll. Davenport recently learned CPR and put her training to use to help save the life of a choking child during a visit to the Target […]
When Rockford is strong, our region is strong. From underwater mortgage capital of the world a decade ago to today’s top real-estate market in the country, according to WSJ/Realtor.com Housing Market Ranking. We have made tremendous strides in Rockford over the last seven years. Property values are up 52 percent, property tax rate is down […]
The decision to file a civil lawsuit over the fatal stabbing of a Rockford Walmart employee in Cook County instead of Winnebago County probably came down to a number of factors, legal experts said. For starters, it’s allowed under the state’s venue law. Since the defendants — Walmart and and its security company Brosnan Risk […]
Members of Rockford’s Finance & Personnel Committee have narrowly agreed to send a proposal to give the next mayor and the next group of aldermen a raise on to the full City Council to consider. After nearly 30 minutes of debate, Ald. Jonathan Logemann, D-2, and Ald. Chad Tuneberg, R-3, voted against the raises. They […]
Four of Rockford’s fire stations will get upgrades in coming years, according to a multi-year plan of how the city plans to spend $54.2 million in federal funds received through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The plan allocates $2 million for improvements at fire stations 1, 5, 6, 11 and the Fire Training […]
A lawsuit was filed April 11 on behalf of the family of a deceased Walmart employee and listed three defendants — Walmart, security firm Brosnan Risk Consultants, and Timothy Carter, the man who allegedly stabbed Jason Jenkins to death at the Rockford store. Rockford-based Rosecrance and UW Health’s SwedishAmerican Hospital — the places Carter said […]
The daughter of a Rockford man who was killed by a hit-and-run driver more than six months ago says her family can’t rest until there’s an arrest in the case. Jose de la Luz Paz, 61, was crossing the intersection at East State Street and Arnold Avenue at around 8:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, […]
A Winnebago County judge cleared the courtroom Tuesday after the man accused of going on a killing spree in Rockford last week and members of the gallery started shouting during his detention hearing. “You’re a puppet,” defendant Christian Ivan Soto yelled at Judge Scott Paccagnini during the proceedings. A members of Soto’s family shouted for […]
Hundreds of people gathered outside a Rockford Walmart Saturday to remember Jason Jenkins, an 18-year-old who was fatally stabbed at the store earlier this week. “We need to remember that Jason was an amazing brother,” Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara told the crowd. “And we will not forget him. Jason was an amazing son. And we […]
Darlene Weber has a cut to her face that’s been closed with four stitches. Her daughter, Cathy Gilfillan, has a larger cut to her face that’s been closed with six stitches. The pair consider themselves lucky after surviving an attack from what Weber called “the devil.” “The devil” showed up at the family’s Cleveland Avenue […]
Several hundred people in search of healing gathered Thursday for a prayer vigil in a parking lot less than a mile from where a knife-wielding Rockford man killed four people and injured several others the day before. Local, state and federal leaders joined faith leaders to offer words of hope after Wednesday’s terror. Joining them […]