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

Champions from five different states in the Midwest competed, but one stood above the rest. 17-year-old Joseph Awinongya Jr. (Chicago) is the current USA National and under-19 World boxing champion.

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 ...

Lena-Winslow beat LeRoy 42-13 in the 1A semi-final game.

The Georgia peanut farmer served one turbulent term in the White House before building a reputation as a global humanitarian ...

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.

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

Friday Night saw three of four teams in the Dixon Holiday Classic Semifinal undefeated with two of those three squaring off ...

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