ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The man behind Rockford Scanner says he was arrested earlier this week as part of a plot to “control” his platform. Traeger, 46, says the Rockford Police Department is “mad” at ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford Police have arrested Rickie Traeger, 46, after he reportedly was involved in a road rage crash that left a woman injured, and then fled the scene. A quantity of a ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. -- A man who allegedly shot and killed a local officer assigned to the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at a hotel in Rockford was taken into custody without incident around 5 p.m.

LOVES PARK — Police arrested Rockford Scanner founder Rickie Traeger after the staff at the Rock River Times weekly newspaper on Thursday said he had made threatening comments to them. Traeger will be ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (CN) – A freelance reporter claims police in an Illinois city targeted him for filming their activity, arresting him on false charges and releasing his mugshot along with suspects ...