Women’s and girls baseball events take over Rockford starting Saturday and through next week. Saturday marks the grand ...

Maybelle Blair Park, Japanese Summer Festival and a World Cup Final Match Watch, along with fundraisers, live music and more ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The best way to stay in Rockford on July 4, 2026, but make it feel like July 4, 1776, is to head to Midway Village Museum. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Midway Village invites ...

A 19th century riverbank rivalry led to an engineering hiccup facing the city nearly 200 years later.

MUMFORD, N.Y. — A local museum is handing the mic to the next generation. This Saturday, the Genesee Country Village and Museum is spotlighting young voices as part of events marking the nation’s ...

A new exhibit at Midway Village Museum explores the history of Rockford’s Black churches from 1860 to 1930. The exhibit, “Growing in Faith: Rockford’s Early Black Churches,” highlights the formation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new exhibit at Midway Village Museum explores the history of Rockford’s Black churches from 1860 to 1930. The exhibit, “Growing ...

A total of 17 tornadoes and counting touched down in northeast Illinois during Thursday's severe weather outbreak, with confirmed tornadoes spanning the suburbs, northwest Indiana and even near ...

SPRINGFIELD — When federal immigration officers flooded Chicago neighborhoods last fall, walk-ins at Erick Camargo’s hair salon in Chicago plunged from about 40 customers per day to as few as five. At ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois State Museum is inviting visitors to take a trip down the Mother Road with a new exhibit celebrating the history and culture of U.S. Route 66 Centennial. "Miles ...