Police in Rockford have arrested a man they say physically assaulted two store clerks before stealing money from their cash ...

The incident started around 8:30 p.m. after a deputy began following a car suspected of returning from the Milwaukee area to get 'illegal substances.' ...

A Winnebago teacher is accused of strangling a man at a Rockford-area bar. Fifty-two-year-old Michael Belden, a 2025 Golden ...

According to a report filed in court, the 65-year-old victim told investigators he and Belden were having a discussion about ...

A man wanted for homicide in Illinois was arrested after a brief standoff with the Clayton County SWAT team on Tuesday.

Deputies were led on a lengthy pursuit through parts of Fond du Lac and Winnebago Counties on Friday evening, which ended ...

A South Beloit man faces two dozen counts of capturing and distributing sexual images in Winnebago County Court. South Beloit ...

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Ill (WREX) – Winnebago Community Unit School District 323 issues a statement after an elementary school teacher was arrested. Michael Timothy Belden, an elementary school ...

Surveillance video from the bar shows the men were talking for about two minutes before the attack, a local news outlet ...

Ald. Isidro Barrios and Winnebago County Board Member Jaime Salgado are candidates for the 11th Ward in near southeast ...

Catherine Cheskie was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide after a jury trial in December for the 2024 shooting of ...

A pedestrian hit at a Rockford intersection dies from his injuries 10 days later, the Winnebago County Coroner’s Office announced Tuesday.