Category Archives: News

Friday, March 28, 2014 Parolee Call-in: One Year Later ROCKFORD (WIFR) — Just a day after investigators say a parolee shot at a Winnebago County Sheriff’s Deputy Rockford Police tell us what’s being done to stop criminals from re-offending. A plan ...

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 ROCKFORD (WIFR 23 News) — Transform Rockford is trying to turn our city around. However, we can’t seem to escape the polls, putting our home as one of the least attractive places to live. The Gallup poll puts ...

Friday, March 21, 2014 HUD GRANT TO HELP IMPROVE RHA PROPERTIES By Samantha Jeffreys, WREX   ROCKFORD (WREX) -Thanks to millions of dollars of grant money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, local and public housing in ...

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Orton Keyes, Blackhawk Courts and Fairgrounds Valley residents: sign your children up for the RHA Spring dance clinics! Details here:  

Saturday, February 22, 2014 Gorman & Co. successfully completed our Jane Addam’s development. Now, they are taking on the Amercock/Ziock building. Details below from the Register Star: ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR Why should we be excited about this proposal to restore ...

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES SEVEN NEW SC2 COMMUNITIES This information, from the blog of The Alliance for Children and Families, was written by Maureen Richey and is also available here: http://unca-acf.org/ Last week, the White House officially announced that seven ...

Thursday, January 16, 2014 ROCKFORD CHOSEN FOR FEDERAL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM  by Samantha Jeffries ROCKFORD (WREX) -Rockford is joining six other cities around the country as part of the Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) program. The federal program will help ...

Thursday, January 16, 2014 ROCKFORD (WIFR) – Lowering crime in the Stateline is just one of the many goals being talked about in the Transform Rockford movement and now the initiative is getting support on a national level. More than ...

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 ROCKFORD (WREX) – Three Rockford middle school students have been announced winners in the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council (MYAC) 2013 Essay Contest. Flinn Middle School students Terranisha Purifoy, 6th grade, and Gabriela Muniz, 8th grade, were ...

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 Article from MyStateline.com  It’s the first meeting of the year for members of the Peace and Non-Violence Committee, a group that is striving to make a positive difference at the Fairgrounds Housing Development in Rockford. The ...