DeKALB, Ill. (WREX) — Northern Illinois University baseball is on "The Road to Omaha" for the first time in 54 years. After winning the Mid-American Conference Championship on Saturday, May 23, NIU ...

Some scattered morning fog will give way to partly cloudy skies and much warmer conditions, with highs in the mid 80s, with Meteorologist Griffin Hardy.

WINNIPEG, Canada (WREX) — No one was hurt after a charter bus used by the Kane County Cougars baseball team was intentionally set on fire during their trip to Canada. The fire happened on Thursday, ...

The House advanced a bill that would regulate the maximum price certain prescription drugs can be sold for in the state. This is the furthest any version of the bill has gone; previous versions ...

Cloudy conditions are expected across Northern Illinois today, with highs reaching the low 70s in the Rockford area. Winds will be out of the east, blowing at 10 to 20 mph. A slim chance of showers ...

Showers and thunderstorms are possible tonight through Sunday morning, with the highest potential for thunderstorms around ...

The 2026 USA Ultimate Division I College Championships will be held in the Rockford area from May 22–25, with 40 elite ...

ANTIOCH (WREX) — Jefferson's Janardie Turner swept both hurdle events at the Class 3A sectional meet, punching his ticket to the state championship. Athletes had to travel to Antioch, north of Gurnee ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — A jury has found a Rockford man guilty of illegally possessing a gun after a 2022 shooting that left a woman wounded. 32-year-old Micah Gillespie was convicted of unlawful use of a ...

Our patience has paid off with a very summer-like stretch of weather just in time for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The "unofficial start of summer" is really going to feel like it this year as temperatures take a big jump after the cooler stretch of the last few days. We have one more cooler day to get through ...