The entertainment industry has already lost several notable figures in 2025. The film world was shaken by the death of “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks” director David Lynch, with tributes to ...

A former school in Salina could soon be designated as a historic site. On Monday, representatives from the Dunbar School Alumni Association proposed to Salina City Commissioners that the former ...

Following the death of his partner, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson leaves England behind and moves to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to run a clinic. He has a staff full of colorful characters and uses ...

Urban Equity Properties has set its sights on its next big project in downtown Rockford: The former Chick Hotel, 119 S. Main St. Rockford would provide a forgivable loan of $2.7 million to ...

A Rockford software engineer will challenge Ald. Mark Bonne as he seeks election to a second term representing the 14 th Ward in southeast Rockford. Bonne said his background as a tenacious ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - There’s a saying Bethany Hoffman knows from her fellow attorneys: immigration law is like the ocean. “There’s going to be waves of all kinds that are going to affect ...

News 8 sports correspondents Dean Holzwarth and Andrew McDonald discuss which teams seem to be taking off as the season continues, plus offer some quick thoughts on the Detroit Lions. (Jan. 24, 2025) ...

Rockford Restaurant Week celebrates local cuisine by offering special prix fixe (fixed price) menus and bundled meal deals. Prix fixe menus offer 3-4 courses and prices range from $15-25 for ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A new space that promotes physical and mental well-being among the Rockford community opened its doors Thursday. A ribbon cutting for The Connection - Health and Wellness ...

If Timothée Chalamet wins the Oscars' Best Actor award, he would become the Academy's youngest Best Actor winner and surpass Adrien Brody, who won at 29 in 2003 Rocco Spaziani/Archivio Spaziani ...

As first noted by film journalist and historian Mark Harris on Bluesky, the last actor to achieve this feat was James Dean, who was posthumously nominated in back-to-back years for 1955’s period ...