To celebrate the beginning of the 2025-26 preps sports season, we bring you images of some of the region's star athletes and names to watch this fall.

Winslow and Rochelle and Belvidere North's Ben Bucher are among top Rockford running backs to watch in 2025 season.

Rockford Lutheran returns entire girls golf team that took 8th in state, plus may add star transfer. Byron's Brandt sisters ...

Did you miss the planetary parade? Well, Thursday, Aug. 21, is the last day to see it, along with the crescent moon. Usually, ...

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The league seemed to discover the forward pass in 1982, when Guilford won an undefeated Class 5A state title with a ...

The A's (57-70) visit the Minnesota Twins (58-67) for the second game of their 3-game series Wednesday. First pitch from ...

While many are looking forward to Week 1 of the college football season, there's a weekend in November that could be the ...

A new Illinois law bans license plate flippers starting Jan. 1, 2026. The measure aims to stop drivers from dodging tolls and ...

Who are the best of the best in college football? We reveal our preseason USA TODAY Sports All-America team recognizing the ...

A Rockford family has filed a lawsuit after their son's special education teacher was accused of 'holding down and kicking' the boy, 7.

Upon her death, Shore, a lifelong educator, gifted the Rockford-based organization a collection of 32 porcelain dolls to be auctioned off and 741 shares of McDonald's stock, valued at $220,000 at the ...