Posted: 6:25 PM Beginning Wednesday, May 29 and running through Wednesday, August 28, the Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC) will feature “Hot Dog Wednesdays" and Ice Cold Slushies at donor centers in Rockford and Belvidere. RRVBC will provide hot dogs and all the fixin's to donors on Wednesdays. RRVBC will also feature ice-cold slushies each day throughout the summer.

Posted: 6:23 PM State Senator Steve J. Stadelman of Rockford was among 37 select lawmakers chosen to participate in a training program that annually identifies and assists promising state leaders in the Midwest.

Updated: 4:58 PM A Rockford man admits he was involved in a 2008 murder. Today William Moore Jr. pled guilty to armed robbery and conspiracy to commit murder charges.

Updated: 8:36 AM UPDATE -- The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children.

Updated: 5:47 PM Polo High School is mourning the loss of English Teacher, Sarah Kamp. 32-year-old Kamp died from injuries suffered in a crash in Stephenson County on Monday.

Updated: 10:54 AM RAVE has announced that The Henningsens will wrap of the 2013 Weekends in the Park Concert Series presented by Swedish American Health System at Davis Park on August 31, 2013.

Posted: 9:08 AM ROCKFORD (WIFR) - The pharmacy inside the Schnucks location on Rural Street in Rockford is closing.

Posted: 8:53 AM CHICAGO -- Transit officials say the first rush hour of Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line construction project is going smoothly.

Updated: 8:17 AM TOWN OF MENASHA, Wis. -- An armed robbery suspect is behind bars in Winnebago County following a police shooting outside a gas station.

Posted: 7:36 AM ROCKFORD (WIFR) - After severe storms hit the Stateline late Sunday night, over 150 people in the area are still without power.

Posted: 7:27 AM DES MOINES, Iowa -- Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will visit Iowa this week to deliver a speech that may bolster speculation that he will run for president in 2016.

Posted: 7:24 AM WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- The trial of a man charged in the strangling death of the manager of a Lindenhurst restaurant is set to begin -- nearly 7 years after the slaying.

Posted: 7:22 AM CHICAGO -- Amtrak officials say a train departing from New Orleans derailed not far from Chicago's Union Station.

Posted: 11:21 PM Freeport mayor George Gaulrapp will work his last day in the city’s top position tomorrow. We spoke with him tonight about his time in office.

Updated: 11:19 PM UPDATE: Burger King Robbery Suspects in Custody.

Posted: 12:44 AM Some women say they love a man who cooks. Well for them tonight was the night to be at the BMO Harris Bank Center.

Posted: 12:38 AM The family of a fallen Marine is trying to carry on their hero's name by donating a scholarship to high school students.

Posted: 12:29 AM Winning Powerball numbers were drawn tonight.

Posted: 3:23 PM Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million drawing.

Updated: 6:26 PM The Rockford Police Department is investigating a homicide incident in the 600 block of College Ave.

Posted: 10:59 PM The hallways were packed tonight at Rockford’s only Spanish dual-language school, The Barbour Language Academy.

Posted: 10:47 PM 18 states have legalized medical marijuana and now Illinois might join them. Legislation passed the Senate today and now it’s up to Governor Pat Quinn.

Posted: 10:35 PM Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado will soon be allowed to return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up.

Posted: 9:55 PM Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a total of 60 people have been taken to hospitals with injuries from a collision between two New York-area commuter trains.

Posted: 9:51 PM Illinois' largest union has given the final go ahead on a three-year contract with the state.