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Rockford University sweeps baseball doubleheader from Eureka to open season
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (42+ words) Rockford University sweeps baseball doubleheader from Eureka to open season'WREX February baseball in Rockford was a reality on a 60-degree day and a turf field. This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the…...
Congressman Eric Sorensen visits Amazon facility at Rockford Airport
4+ week, 2+ day ago (232+ words) ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) " Congressman Eric Sorensen visited Rockford Wednesday, checking out one of the area's largest employers. Sorensen took in all the sights and sounds of the Amazon Facility at the Rockford Airport, learning more about their cargo operations and employees....
Flash flood threat through tonight, again Friday night
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (60+ words) Repeated rounds of torrential downpours are creating an enhanced flooding threat tonight and again on Friday with additional threats for damaging winds, hail, and brief tornadoes with severe evening storms. Repeated rounds of torrential downpours are creating an enhanced flooding…...
State ends fiscal year with record revenue
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (745+ words) The Illinois Capitol is pictured on May 31, 2025, during the final day of the spring session. Despite uncertainty over the economy and federal funding during the second half of fiscal year 2025, the year closed on June 30 with the state setting a…...
Rockford man sentenced to 17 years in prison for 2022 shooting
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (245+ words) ROCKFORD (WREX) " A Rockford man has been sentenced to prison time on charges stemming from a 2022 shooting. 29-year-old Corterryis D. Ford has been sentenced to 17 years in state prison after pleading guilty to Aggravated Battery and Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm....
Deadly storms give way to rising rivers in flood-ravaged central US; danger is not over
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1269+ words) An American flag flies on the porch of a home in a flooded neighborhood on Sunday, in Frankfort, Kentucky. The National Weather Service warned Sunday that dozens of locations in multiple states were expected to reach a "major flood stage,…...
Cross-country storm leaves at least 39 dead and vast destruction from tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (1346+ words) Calera Baptist church members pray before beginning clean up after the church was hit by a tornado on Sunday in Calera, Alabama. Tim Striegel, in red shirt (center), goes though his damaged belongings while volunteers help him clean up the…...