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 ...

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Ill. (WREX) — The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office is urging community members to stand up against domestic violence. Sheriff Gary Caruana says one in four women and one in ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Michael Rotello, a former Alderman with the City of Rockford, worked with Jimmy Carter throughout his presidential campaign when he was only 22 years old. Now, he shares the story after Carter ...