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Five other elementary school teachers from the Rockford region were also surprised with Golden Apple Awards on Thursday. Jaws dropped in Kellie Kim's fifth-grade classroom at Cherry Valley ...

ROCKFORD, Ill - Rockford got a preview of the short films that have been nominated for awards at tomorrow night's Oscars celebration. "Really this day is about the film community, it's about ...

ROCKFORD, Mich. — A Rockford man has been arrested for six counts of attempted homicide for burning down a house in Pennsylvania. Harrison Jones of Rockford was arrested in Kent County for ...

ROCKFORD, Ill - Throughout the day in Rockford ... Participating stores in the crawl included: Maze Books, Toad Hall, Drewelow's House of Books, Katie's Cup, and The Book Stall.

Players are always looking for a way to access files in Minecraft Bedrock for a host of purposes, ranging from uploading custom instances to adding data packs and more. It is rather easy to get ...

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Three weeks after the deadly midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport, the family of one of the 67 people ...

The Trump administration began firing hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday, just weeks after a deadly crash outside of Washington, D.C., put a spotlight on ...

The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) wants to tighten measures around the use of deadly force by police, but experts warn that this could have serious consequences. The SALRC is ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Police ask for help finding a suspect in connection with a shooting that left a 19-year-old dead. Stephen Boddie, 35, of Rockford, is charged with first-degree murder and ...

In its updated statement, the WHO said it has not reached definitive answers on what is causing the deadly outbreak, but added its "working hypotheses include chemical poisoning or a rapid onset ...