Ethan Wiles

2 weeks ago | wrex.com | Ethan Wiles

WREX — City of Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara in a video on the City of Rockford's Facebook Page addressed possible ICE activity in the City on Thursday. "We can tell you that it was not the City of Rockford Police Department," McNamara said. "We can tell you that it was not the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office. We can tell you that it was not the State of Illinois Police Department."“We cannot tell you that it was not ICE. That is something I cannot tell you at the time,” he remarked.

2 weeks ago | wrex.com | John Jurgens |Ethan Wiles

ROCKFORD (WREX) — Women's baseball is coming back to Rockford in a big way next year. Rockford has been awarded as the host city for the Group Stage of the Women's Baseball World Cup by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, the WSBC and the International Women's Baseball Center announced Tuesday. The tournament, which is the most prestigious women's baseball event in the world, will be played from July 22-27, 2026 at Rivets Stadium in Loves Park.

3 weeks ago | wrex.com | Ethan Wiles

WREX — The North Boone Lady Vikings may have entered regionals as the four seed, but that doesn't seem to matter to them. Entering Monday's Super-Sectional, the Lady Vikings took down Richmond-Burton and Morrison, two number one seeds and looked to add a third to their collection when they met up in a rematch of last year's Benedictine Super-Sectional against IC-Catholic. Courtney Troutt took the mound, aiming to help her team get back to the State Tournament.

4 weeks ago | wrex.com | Ethan Wiles

WREX — A Rockford IceHogs legend is coming back to the 815 after a short stint away from the team. After serving as team captain in the 2013-2014 season and as an assistant coach from 2021-2024, Jared Nightingale has been named the new Head Coach of the team. He takes over for Mark Eaton who assumed the Interim title when Anders Sorensen was named the Interim Head Coach of the Chicago Blackhawks last season.

1 month ago | wrex.com | Ethan Wiles

WREX — With a spot in Friday's 4A Hononegah Regional Final on the line, DeKalb and Auburn met for a chance to play the hosts. Through the first three and a half innings, it seemed like whoever broke first would advance. Auburn's Maylee Baker and DeKalb's Jasmine Rodriguez both working themselves out of jams to keep things scoreless. Rodriguez loaded the bases in the third, but got Baker to fly out to end the inning. Baker stranded runners on second and third in the second.