Champions from five different states in the Midwest competed, but one stood above the rest. 17-year-old Joseph Awinongya Jr. (Chicago) is the current USA National and under-19 World boxing champion.

The Chicago Bulls plan to retire Derrick Rose’s jersey next season. The team says president and CEO Michael Reinsdorf informed the Chicago product and former MVP in person on Saturday ...

Guilford graduate Kate Dennis and Sycamore graduate Lexi Carlsen played against each other in the Convocation Center.

FREEPORT (WREX) - Two area stars hit career milestones on Saturday, as Paityn London scored her 1,000th point for Freeport and Belvidere's Emma Pierson hit 2,000.

The cold air that swept in on Friday hangs around through at least this weekend. Next week may not be much warmer, either. Today's temperatures stay in the teens to low 20s. With a slightly breezy ...

WREX — As the start of the new year continues, many people are jumping into a new challenge. Dry January is underway, which involves people give up drinking alcohol for the entire month.

ROCKFORD, Ill (WREX) – A Rockford woman has been arrested after firing a gun into the air at the Auburn Manor parking lot. Officers responded to the 4100 block of Auburn Street around 12:30 A ...

BELOIT, WI (WREX) – The Beloit Public Library has received a $4,000 Grant from Ecolab in an effort to support the library’s popular BookQuest program. BookQuest is an annual reading program ...

The benefits can include improvements to mental health and quality of sleep.

The weekend looks mostly calm across northern Illinois, but we continue to watch a major winter storm to sweep well to our south on Sunday. Wind chills stuck in the single digits above zero all ...

DEKALB, Ill (WREX) – The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office releases a statement amid growing scam calls targeting citizens asking for money. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office was made aware ...