Posted: 5:30 PM ocal Musician Mike Williamson's radio show will feature a "tribute to the Chicago Rockford Int'l Airport April 2 - 8. Mike will include several songs on the theme "We are Flying!"
Posted: 2:47 PM This year's AirFest at the Chicago Rockford International Airport will kick off with a concert headlined by none other than Rockford's own Cheap Trick.
Posted: 11:36 PM Coroner's officials have ruled Whitney Houston died by drowning, but heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors.
Posted: 10:43 PM Oprah Winfrey's struggling television network, OWN, is laying off 30 workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles.
Posted: 10:02 PM Actor George Clooney and his father have been arrested at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington.
Posted: 10:01 PM Oprah Winfrey's OWN network is pulling the curtain on "The Rosie Show" after five months on the air.
Posted: 3:22 PM Hand of Glory, filmed in Rockford and Belvidere, has garnered two nominations from the Indie Horror Film Fest in Chicago, where the film will premiere Mar. 25 at the historic Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Posted: 1:07 PM After days of rumors, MTV reality star Nicole Polizzi, better known as Snooki, has confirmed that she is pregnan
Posted: 11:47 PM A Nebraska woman has sold a three-year-old McDonald's Chicken McNugget that resembles President George Washington for $8,100 on eBay.
Posted: 11:15 PM Oprah Winfrey has landed an interview with Whitney Houston's daughter and other family members for a TV special that will air on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Posted: 10:25 PM No bones about it, PaleoFest 14 is expected to be bigger than ever. The event will take place Saturday, March 3 at Burpee Museum.
Posted: 4:41 PM A big name is coming to Boone County this summer. Country music star Rodney Atkins will headline the county fair on Saturday Aug. 11.
Posted: 3:28 PM Actor and musician Davy Jones, who gained fame with the 1960s band The Monkees, has died in Florida. He was 66.
Updated: 11:15 PM Rockford native Dan Lindsay wins Best Documentary Academy Award for his movie, "Undefeated".
Updated: 10:47 PM The Veterans Memorial Hall will have a meet and greet with the Tuskegee Airmen Saturday (Feb. 25) from one to 3:00 p.m.
Posted: 10:53 PM Second City improve group meets with high school kids at Keith Country Day School in Rockford.
Posted: 12:27 PM The Country Throwdown Fired up by Kingsford, featuring headliner Gary Allen and recording artists Josh Thompson, Eric Paslay and Sunny Sweeney, is coming to Davis Park on June 23 starting at 4 p.m. to mark Kegel Harley-Davidson’s Centennial Celebration.
Posted: 4:32 PM Whitney Houston's final resting place will be next to her father, John Russell Houston Jr.
Posted: 11:00 PM Friends and family are gathering for a private memorial service for "Soul Train" creator and host Don Cornelius in Los Angeles.
Posted: 4:47 PM Gov. Chris Christie has strongly defended his decision to have flags flown at half-staff Saturday for singer Whitney Houston.
Updated: 5:24 PM The Freeport Art Museum invites you to celebrate young artists by visiting the Aspiring Artists Student Exhibition, opening Saturday February 10 through Saturday March 24, 2012.
Updated: 11:03 PM A coroner's official says Whitney Houston was found in a hotel bathtub but it'll take weeks to determine precisely how she died.
Posted: 10:37 PM Two Oscar statuettes traveled aboard the United Airlines flight from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Updated: 5:43 PM A local sixth graders talent has sparked the Stateline’s attention by her travels to compete in Dublin, Ireland
Posted: 11:04 PM One local artist is looking to change that mentality for those who live in Rockford.
