ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The air leaving the former Illinois National Guard Armory makes you hold your breath as you walk near. A humid scent carries decades of history from the 88-year-old structure.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The Rockford Arts Council is moving forward with plans to buy the historic Illinois National Guard Armory building after the city placed it up for sale in June.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) announced a successful rescue operation on Saturday, saving a 52-year-old Indian seafarer who suffered an acute cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or stroke aboard the MT ...

(WTVO) — Jonathan Logemann serves Rockford as a teacher, coach, and alderman. But his job as a member of the Illinois Army National Guard will send him to the Middle East, to serve his country.

Widen was charged two years later and pleaded not guilty, but the case continues to crawl through the criminal court system ... sexually abused by wardens, guards, chaplains or other staff ...

That system has led the prison system to wrongfully release 34 inmates in the past decade. It also doesn’t fully record the type of force used in guards’ physical altercations with inmates and ...

Michael F. Shields, 87, Mount Penn, died Feb. 8, 2007, at 11:30 a.m. in Reading Hospital, where he was a patient for two days. He was the husband of Jeanne E. (Aicher) Shields. Born in Jackson ...