Illinois is just one of 21 states with Firearm Restraining Order laws, a lifesaving tool to prevent gun-related tragedies.

Just after 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 9, police say there were reports of a man with a knife who robbed Faust Market, 813 E.

Rockford Police have arrested Oscar Taylor, 55, for allegedly robbing a downtown convenience store clerk at knifepoint.

A 45-year-old Rockford man is sentenced to spend more than three decades in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in 2018.