Cops on the Block
Updated: 4:50 PM 23 News’ Operation Safer Streets program is teaming up with the Rockford Police Department to bring you Cops on the Block.
Updated: 4:50 PM 23 News’ Operation Safer Streets program is teaming up with the Rockford Police Department to bring you Cops on the Block.
Updated: 10:50 PM What would you do if you went to open a checking account for your child only to discover someone else had already fraudulently opened one? Well it's happening here in the Stateline.
Updated: 6:10 PM Illinois has a new law that lets local prosecutors go after street gangs in the same way federal authorities tackle the Mafia.
Updated: 10:13 PM Rockford's 911 operators only speak English so what do they do when someone calls speaking a different language?
Updated: 11:36 PM When 23 News got recordings of the 911 calls made the night of the shooting at the BP on Auburn we were surprised when some callers weren't even asked for their names.
Updated: 11:00 PM When a Beloit woman's best friend was murdered she couldn't rest until the case was finally closed -- and decades later it eventually was. Now she's trying to help solve other cold cases.
Updated: 8:48 AM Rafael Santos Jr. was found guilty of Three Counts of First Degree Murder.
Posted: 4:02 PM Local leaders aren't waiting around for any formal decisions from Springfield. They're moving forward with plans to help prisoners transition back into society.
Updated: 8:48 AM Ceasefire's current budget is $200,000. That pays four case workers and one "violence interrupter" to pound the streets at night, looking for people living in violent parts of the community.
Updated: 5:39 PM Big news in the Baby Crystal case today: as you may remember, Katie Stockton is accused of leaving her infant daughter to freeze to death on the side of the road.
Updated: 8:06 AM Remember the home invasion we told you about yesterday where the suspect was caught on surveillance video? Well, police caught him today. He’s facing charges of home invasion, aggravated assault and battery.
Updated: 11:12 PM Illinois' highest ranking law enforcer thinks he has a solution to save the state millions of dollars a year. But being Illinois, politics is getting in the way.
Posted: 11:39 PM The FBI, ATF, and Winnebago County Sheriff's Department have busted a home filled with drug paraphernalia and 400-thousand dollars cash.
Updated: 5:38 PM A Stateline student is in custody tonight after bringing a gun to school.
Updated: 11:15 PM Abandoned and foreclosed homes are becoming a big safety risk in Rockford neighborhoods.
Updated: 8:48 AM Police are targeting suspected gang members in new ways - including restricting access to rental cars and condemning their homes.
Posted: 4:17 PM The Belvidere Police department received funding from the Illinois Department of Transportation to hire off duty officers from April 27- May 6. Officers conducted 77 traffic stops that resulted in:
Posted: 5:48 AM A new survey of young people by The Partnership at Drugfree.org says nearly 1 in 10 teens light up at least 20 or more times a month.
Updated: 10:28 PM On Monday April 16, 2012 members of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Police assisted Detectives from the Phoenix Arizona Police Department in the apprehension of a murder suspect.
Updated: 8:48 AM If you've ever watched a teen driver and wanted to call their parents...now you can. It's called Tell On Me.
Updated: 11:58 PM Rockford Police are trying to protect themselves from accusations of racial profiling by keeping track of when they call in the dogs. It's because of a new law that requires police to keep data some may find questionable.
Updated: 10:59 PM Police say burglary is up for the third month in a row this year in Rockford and people are fed up.
Updated: 5:17 PM Judge Ronald White has dropped the homicide charges against Antwon Maxey--one of three men accused in the first murder of 2011. He will be discharged from prison in November.
Updated: 5:38 PM It may be dreary outside today but that hasn't stopped gas prices from climbing like it's summer.
