Rising COVID-19 numbers forces library to temporarily shutdown all in-person services ..read more

40-year-old Jefferson High School graduate receives scholarship to Rockford University Puri School of Business ..read more

315 votes separate candidates John Cabello and Dave Vella in 68th House District race ..read more

NIU hopes to expand Rockford Promise scholarships at RVC to include free pathway to four-year degrees ..read more

ROCKFORD — Leaders of Boylan Catholic High School, Rockford Lutheran School, Christian Life Schools and Rockford Christian Schools have written a joint letter questioning the use of city funds to support a college scholarship program for which private school children are ineligible.The letter comes days after Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara announced a plan to ask the City Council to support the newly created Rockford Promise Northern Illinois University Scholarship by agreeing ..read more

In 2006, retired Rockford physician Dr. John McHugh read about the "Kalamazoo Promise," where a small group of anonymous donors in the Michigan city was transforming a community by providing full-tuition college scholarships to all graduates of the Kalamazoo Public Schools. Dr. McHugh persuaded others to join him in raising money to begin a similar program in Rockford.Now, nearly 13 years after Rockford Promise became a nonprofit, the organization has provided more than $1 ..read more

All Saints Catholic School went all-remote Nov. 2 to 16 and now will shut down again Thanksgiving through Christmas break because of COVID-19 ..read more

BYRON — Employees at Exelon’s Byron Generating Station recently presented a check for $10,000 to the Rockford Rescue Mission.The nuclear plant workers raised the money with fundraisers held during the plant’s final refueling outage in October.For information: exeloncorp.com ..read more

ROCKFORD — Rockford law firm WilliamsMcCarthy LLP earned a ranking from U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, receiving recognition in its 2021 edition of Best Law Firms.This is the firm’s seventh consecutive year on the list based on a methodology that relies purely on expert peer review. WilliamsMcCarthy LLP received the Best Law Firms metropolitan tier one ranking in the field of commercial litigation for the Chicago region. The firm’s litigation group ..read more

Dr. James Tobin. [PHOTO PROVIDED ..read more