DEKALB (WREX) — Northern Illinois University has accepted an invitation for the Huskies to join the Mountain West Conference ...

MILWAUKEE (WREX) - Pecatonica's basketball team got an amazing opportunity to play in an NBA Arena, and they delivered with ...

As the first winter storm of 2025 slams parts of the central and southern U.S. today, our northern Illinois area will stay dry but frigid as cold air rushes in behind the storm. Temperatures won't ...

Rockford Fire Department responded to the 200 block of South Sixth Street after multiple calls reporting a structure fire.

ROCKFORD, Ill. - Rockford Fire Department responded to the 200 block of South Sixth Street after multiple calls reporting a structure fire. This morning at 8:10am, RFD responded to the 200 ...

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.

Guilford graduate Kate Dennis and Sycamore graduate Lexi Carlsen played against each other in the Convocation Center.

Brittany Hardaway shares her last goodbye in her final broadcast on 13 WREX.

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 ...

ROCKFORD, Ill - Rockford Fire Department responded to 212 South Sixth Street after multiple calls reporting a structure fire in the 200 block of South Sixth Street. Fire crews arrived and found ...

Most of northern Illinois avoids any kind of snow from the first major storm of the new year, but we'll still have some chilly weather to contend with. Clouds will continue streaming in from the ...